Operation Rentier ('Reindeer') was a German operation during World War II intended to secure the nickel mines around Petsamo in Finland, against a Soviet...
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Mountain Corps Norway (section Area of operations)
("army high command Norway"). Its first action was taking part in Operation Renntier ("reindeer"), the occupation of Finnish Petsamo to protect the nickel...
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List of Axis operational codenames in the European Theatre (redirect from List of Axis named operations in the European Theatre)
action off Dover, England Operation Renntier 1941 - German occupation of Petsamo; part of Operation Silberfuchs Operation Rheinübung 1941 - German planned...
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Białystok–Minsk began on the Eastern Front. The Germans executed Operation Renntier to secure the nickel mines around Petsamo in Finland. The June Uprising...
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Kandalaksha from Finnish Lapland Renntier ("Reindeer") (1941) — German occupation of Petsamo Safari (1943) — German operation to capture and disarm Danish...
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