| Liberation of Finnmark | |||||||||
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| Part of the European theatre of World War II | |||||||||
.jpg) Soviets meet Norwegians sheltering in a mine in Finnmark | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Soviet Union NorwayNaval support:  United Kingdom CanadaMaterial support:  Sweden[1] |
 Germany Quisling Government | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Kirill Meretskov Vladimir Shcherbakov Arne Dagfin Dahl[2] |
Lothar Rendulic Franz Böhme | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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Soviet Union: 14th Army Northern Fleet Norway: 3,000+ soldiers & police troops 1,500+ militia 2 corvettes 3 minesweepers Various auxiliary vessels United Kingdom: 3 destroyers Canada: 1 destroyer | |||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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Soviet Union: ~2,900 killed Norway: 10 killed[3][4] 14 captured 1 corvette sunk[5] 6 fishing vessels destroyed[4] | Unknown | ||||||||
| Over 300 civilians died evacuating Finnmark[6] | |||||||||
The Liberation of Finnmark was an Allied military operation lasting from 23 October 1944 until 26 April 1945, in which Soviet and Norwegian forces wrested away control of Finnmark, the northernmost county of Norway, from Germany. It began with a Soviet offensive that liberated Kirkenes.[6]
- ^ Voksø 1984 "Polititropper til Finnmark" p. 492
- ^ "Tidsperiode Dahl". Tysklandsbrigaden - Veteranforeining for Voss og Omland (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 December 2009.
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EVACwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Finnmark Celebrates Liberation from Nazi Occupation with the Help of Russians," The Nordic Page.