Battle of Tornio information

The Battle of Tornio (October 1–8, 1944) was the first major engagement between Nazi Germany and Finland in the Lapland War; although hostilities had already...

munitions dump. The risky landings for the Battle of Tornio, on the border with Sweden next to the Gulf of Bothnia, began on 30 September 1944 when three...

them unless the Finnish army released the German POWs captured in the Battle of Tornio. However, Finland refused to comply and threatened to retaliate by...

November December The following events occurred in October 1944: The Battle of Tornio began between German and Finnish forces. Operation Undergo ended in...

composed of 1,000 Swedish volunteers to assist the White Guards during the 1918 Finnish Civil War. The brigade participated in the Battle of Tampere between...

and Ratan have been argued to have helped move the border north to the Tornio and Muonio rivers in the peace talks. Having the border further north than...

October 1, the Finns moved against the Germans in the Kemi-Tornio region to convince the Russians of their intention to live up to the treaty. Simultaneously...

Battle of Nietjärvi – 1944 Battle of Ilomantsi – 1944 Battle of Tornio – 1944 Battle of Rovaniemi – 1944 Battle of Kuhmo Battle of Alalia – between 540 BC...

remote village in the valley of the Tornio river in Lapland. He lived in the rectory under the name Müller, as a guest of the local Lutheran vicar. While...

more troops could be moved to Finland via Tornio. The retreat was also made in an effort to delay battles until the seas thawed, and to reserve troops...

centuries. Birkarls were active in the Tornio, Luleå and Piteå River valleys, Tornio being their main area. Each of the valleys formed a separate "lappmark"...

into Sweden by land, going around the gulf and through the town of Torneå (Finnish: Tornio). Although Knorring was urged to execute the plan as quickly as...

withdrawal by the Swedish army from Raahe (Brahestad) to Tornio (Torneå). The brutal occupation period of Finland in 1714–1721 is known as the Great Wrath. In...

conquest of Tornio (in northern Finland) from Nazi Germany in the beginning of October 1944. For this achievement, he was appointed as the Knights of Mannerheim...

industrial towns of Varkaus, Kuopio, Oulu, Raahe, Kemi and Tornio; within the Red area lay Porvoo, Kirkkonummi and Uusikaupunki. The elimination of these strongholds...

was nearest to them. At the mouth of the Torniojoki river, Pirkkio island, the harbor of Roytta and the city of Tornio were agreed to belong to Russia....

644443; 13.71056. An islet on the western side of the golf course that straddles the municipalities of Tornio in Finland, and Haparanda in Sweden, at 65°51′41″N...

Scottish Power Challenge Tornio-Haparanda (Finland) Grand Prix (IFSA) Turkey Grand Prix Ukraine Grand Prix (IFSA) Ukraine Viking of the North World Record...

the Finnish Navy was during the amphibious landing of troops from Oulu in Tornio. The Finnish gunboats successfully shelled German batteries, which had posed...

proceeding by ferry to Trelleborg, Sweden, and from there to the Haparanda–Tornio border crossing and then to Helsinki before taking the final train to Petrograd...

affects the Isthmus of Panama, with an estimated magnitude of 6.9, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII. May 12 – The city of Tornio in Lapland is founded...

the Austrian mine. The twin town of TornioHaparanda or HaparandaTornio lies at the mouth of river Tornio, Tornio on the Finnish side and Haparanda on...

cuts, on either side of the village, through Russia's Saatse Boot area). Finland/Sweden: The city centre of the Finnish city of Tornio is a pene-enclave...