Lapland War

The Field Court Martial of the Finnish 15th Brigade in July 1944

Victory at Lappland, the Finns hoist a flag at Finnish–Norwegian border after driving the Germans (the former allies) away from Finland.

A Russian-made 76 mm gun model 1902 in the city of Tornio in Finland. It's a part of the Lapland War artillery memorial revealed by Pohjois-Suomen Tykkimieskilta (roughly, The Artilleryman Guild of Northern Finland) in 1987.

A Russian-made 76 mm gun model 1902 in the city of Tornio in Finland. It's a part of the Lapland War artillery memorial revealed by Pohjois-Suomen Tykkimieskilta (roughly, The Artilleryman Guild of Northern Finland) in 1987.

A Russian-made 76 mm gun model 1902 in the city of Tornio in Finland. It's a part of the Lapland War artillery memorial revealed by Pohjois-Suomen Tykkimieskilta (roughly, The Artilleryman Guild of Northern Finland) in 1987.

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Gun of Artillery memorial in Tornio, Finland. - A Russian-made 76 mm gun model 1902 is part of the memorial.

Gun of Artillery memorial in Tornio, Finland. - A Russian-made 76 mm gun model 1902 is part of the memorial.

Gun of Artillery memorial in Tornio, Finland. - A Russian-made 76 mm gun model 1902 is part of the memorial.

Gun of Artillery memorial in Tornio, Finland. - A Russian-made 76 mm gun model 1902 is part of the memorial.

Gun of Artillery memorial in Tornio, Finland. - A Russian-made 76 mm gun model 1902 is part of the memorial. Plaques on gun.

Gun of Artillery memorial in Tornio, Finland. - A Russian-made 76 mm gun model 1902 is part of the memorial. Plaque on gun.

At a bonfire during the Lapland War at Leivejoki, 40 km south from Rovaniemi. A man preparing substitute. "Hupi" has followed its master for three wars.

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Die Schwerter für Generaloberst Rendulic. Der Führer verlieh am 18. Januar das Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub mit Schwertern an Generaloberst Lothar Rendulic, Oberbefehlshaber einer Gebirgsarmee, als 122. Soldaten der deutschen Wehrmacht. 23.1.45 PK-Aufnahmen: Kriegsberichter Krucker (Wb)

A burned tree and ruins in Rovaniemi during the Lapland War

Photograph of the American documentary photographer and photojournalist Eliot Elisofon (1911–1973) talking with Finnish officers during World War II. To his left, radio reporter Bjornsson from NBC. Photograph taken near the road from Tornio to Kemi.

Refugees between Sodankylä and Rovaniemi, Finland, september 1944.

Finnish Troops on march in the wilderness during Lapland War.