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Lapland War

The Lapland War were the hostilities between Finland and Nazi Germany between September 1944 and April 1945, fought in Finland's northernmost Lapland Province. While the Finns saw this as a separate conflict much like the Continuation War, German forces considered their actions to be part of the Second World War...

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1945

3.4.1945

Lapland War: Finland declares war on Nazi Germany.

4.25.1945

Last German troops retreat from Finland's soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military acts of Second World War end in Finland.

4.27.1945

World War II: German troops are finally expelled from Finnish Lapland.