Operation Silver Fox (German: Silberfuchs; Finnish: Hopeakettu) from 29 June to 17 November 1941, was a joint German–Finnish military operation during...
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Army Norway (Wehrmacht) (section Operations)
take Murmansk and the Murmansk railway. The plan was codenamed Operation Silberfuchs (Silver Fox). In January 1942 this HQ detachment became Army Lapland...
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List of Axis operational codenames in the European Theatre (redirect from List of Axis named operations in the European Theatre)
Operation Silberfuchs Operation Blaufuchs 2 1941 - German deployment of German forces from Norway to northern Finland, part of Operation Silberfuchs Operation...
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Murmansk. It was part of a larger operation, called Operation Silver Fox (Silberfuchs; Hopeakettu). At the beginning of Operation Barbarossa German units of...
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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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moved into Lapland to participate in Operation Silberfuchs, the attack on the Soviet Arctic as part of Operation Barbarossa, but failed to capture Murmansk...
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in 1941, to participate in Operation Silberfuchs (Operation Silver Fox), the attack on the Soviet Arctic as part of Operation Barbarossa. It drove for Murmansk...
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Operation Nordlicht (German, 'Northern Light') was a German operation during the end of World War II. After Finland had made peace with the USSR, the...
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Salla, Murmansk Oblast, in July 1941. The operation was part of the larger Operation Silver Fox (Silberfuchs; Hopeakettu) which aimed to capture the vital...
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Operation Zitronella, also known as Unternehmen Sizilien (Operation Sicily), was an eight-hour German raid on Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard Archipelago...
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Operation Haudegen (Unternehmen Haudegen [Operation Broadsword]) was the name of a German operation during the Second World War to establish meteorological...
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withdrawal from the Kola Peninsula into Norway. Silberfuchs ("Silver Fox") (1941) – German and Finnish operations in the Arctic, including: Blaufuchs 1 ("Blue...
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Operation Fritham (30 April – 14 May 1942) was an Allied military operation during the Second World War to secure the coal mines on Spitsbergen, the main...
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Operation Birke (Operation Birch) was a German operation late in World War II in Finnish Lapland to protect access to nickel. Finnish attempts to find...
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Operation Benedict (29 July – 6 December 1941) was the establishment of Force Benedict with units of the Soviet Air Forces (VVS, Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily)...
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Rovaniemi, to co-ordinate German air activity on the northern front and Operation Silberfuchs. In June 1942 Ff Nord was divided into three separate commands;...
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withdrawal from the Kola Peninsula into Norway Silberfuchs ("Silver Fox") (1941) — German and Finnish operations in the Arctic, including: Blaufuchs 1 ("Blue...
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(Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 139). After the fall of Poland, he and his regiment took part in Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway. Following the campaign, he was awarded...
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Finnish invasion of East Karelia (1941) (redirect from Defensive Operations on the Petrozavodsk, Ukhtinsk, Rugozersk, and Olonetsk directions)
ignored (help) Ziemke, Earl F. (1959). The German Northern Theater of Operations 1940–1945 (PDF). United States Government Printing. ISBN 0-16-001996-6...
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Operation Gearbox II (17 September 1942 – 7 September 1943) was a Norwegian and British operation during the Second World War on the Arctic island of...
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Operation EF (1941) (Raid on Kirkenes and Petsamo) took place on 30 July 1941, during the Second World War. After the beginning of Operation Barbarossa...
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Operation Gauntlet was an Allied Combined Operation from 25 August until 3 September 1941, during the Second World War. Canadian, British and the Norwegian...
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Operation Gearbox (30 June – 17 September 1942) was a joint Norwegian and British operation to occupy the Arctic island of Spitsbergen during the Second...
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Continuation War (category Battles and operations of World War II involving Norway)
nickel mine at Petsamo. The joint Finnish–German Operation Silver Fox (German: Unternehmen Silberfuchs; Finnish: operaatio Hopeakettu) was started on 29...
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Petsamo–Kirkenes offensive (redirect from Petsamo-Kirkenes operation)
of Petsamo. In the aftermath of the failed German–Finnish offensive, Operation Silver Fox, in 1941, the frontlines in the Arctic had seen little change...
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(September 2006), pp.2-5 "Spitsbergen Operation", Lone Sentry website Asmussen, John. "Tirpitz - The History - Operation "Sizilien"". www.bismarck-class.dk...
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Lapland War (category Arctic military operations of World War II)
withdrawal to Nazi-occupied Norway, as part of Operation Birke (Birch). Despite a failed offensive landing operation by Germany in the Gulf of Finland, the evacuation...
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