Battle of Rovaniemi

The Battle of Rovaniemi was an event during the 1944 Lapland War. The actual fighting between the components of the Finnish Armoured Division and Finnish 3rd Division against the troops of the German Twentieth Mountain Army took place at the vicinity of the town of Rovaniemi. The notoriety of the encounter derives from the near-total destruction of the town.

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1944  Wikidata
battle, Finland, 

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Location: 66.5028, 25.7285, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1944 Battle of Rovaniemi

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1944	Battle of Rovaniemi	battle	Wikidata