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Battle of Rovaniemi
Part of the Lapland War of World War II

The ruins of Rovaniemi
DateOctober 12–13, 1944
Location
Rovaniemi, Finland
Result German retreat
Belligerents
Nazi Germany Germany Battle of Rovaniemi Finland
Commanders and leaders
Henrik Saussel Ruben Lagus
Strength
500 men
3 tanks
1,500 men
20 tanks
Casualties and losses
52 dead
164 wounded
9 missing
1 tank
36 dead
101 wounded
4 missing

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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