Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Petsamo–Kirkenes_Offensive
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties German: ~2,000
Soviet: ~6,000
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Lothar_Rendulic
gptkb:Kirill_Meretskov
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:date October 7–29, 1944
gptkbp:followedBy end of Lapland War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive
gptkbp:location gptkb:northern_Finland
northern Norway
gptkbp:military_unit_involved gptkb:German_20th_Mountain_Army
Soviet 14th Army
gptkbp:notableEvent capture of Kirkenes
capture of Petsamo
gptkbp:objective expulsion of German forces from northern Finland
liberation of northern Norway
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Vyborg–Petrozavodsk_Offensive
gptkbp:result Soviet victory
gptkbp:significance first major Soviet operation on Norwegian territory
liberation of Kirkenes, first Norwegian town freed from German occupation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Soviet_Karelian_Front
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7