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Operation Reindeer
Part of Operation Silver Fox of the Arctic Theater
Date
22 June 1941
Location
Petsamo, Finland
64°N26°E / 64°N 26°E / 64; 26
Result
German victory
Belligerents
Germany
Soviet Union
Units involved
2nd Mountain Division 3rd Mountain Division
Strength
27,500 [1]
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Continuation War
1941
Ladoga Karelia
Karelian Isthmus
East Karelia
Silver Fox
Reindeer
Platinum Fox
Arctic Fox
Petsamo
Hanko
Bengtskär
Porlampi
1942
Suursaari
Someri
1944
Vyborg–Petrozavodsk
Vyborg
Kuuterselkä
Beryozovye Islands
Kaprolat
Tienhaara
Tali-Ihantala
Gulf of Finland
Narvi Island
Vyborg Bay
Svir–Petrozavodsk
Vuosalmi
Nietjärvi
Ilomantsi
Hokki
Baltic Sea
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t
e
Military operations, Arctic 1941–1945
Continuation War (1941–1944)
Silberfuchs
Rentier
Platinfuchs
Polarfuchs
RAF, RN, Fleet Air Arm
Benedict
EF
Orator
Svalbard (1941–1945)
Gauntlet
Fritham
Gearbox
Gearbox II
Zitronella
Haudegen
Lapland War
Birke
Nordlicht
Associated articles
British occupation of the Faroe Islands
Petsamo–Kirkenes offensive
Liberation of Finnmark
Operation Rentier ('Reindeer') was a German operation during World War II intended to secure the nickel mines around Petsamo in Finland, against a Soviet attack in the event of a renewed war between Finland and the Soviet Union.
The planning for the operation started on 13 August 1940, after the German occupation of Norway was complete and was finalized in October that year. The plan called for the two divisions of the Gebirgskorps Norwegen to occupy Petsamo and prevent Soviet capture of the mines.
The operation was carried out by the Wehrmacht as part of Operation Barbarossa, the German attack on the Soviet Union and began on 22 June 1941. The 2nd Mountain Division occupied the area around Liinakhamari and the 3rd Mountain Division occupied Luostari. The operation was followed up by Operation Platinum Fox, which was an attack by the two divisions against Murmansk as a part of the larger Operation Silver Fox.
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