(wont be here tomorrow so here goes)
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22 December 1943
Air Force:
1 Finnish sortie; 1 plane
Finnish daily losses: 16
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23 December 1943
Air Force:
4 enemy sorties; 4 planes
2 Finnish sorties; 5 planes
Finnish daily losses: 11
Choir singing in a dug-out. (JR 60/Maaselkä)
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24 December 1943
Maaselkä Group: "Today at 12.35pm attacked enemy, whose strength we have not been able to assess, suddenly against one of our bases in the southern end of lake Jolmajärvi. Thirteen men from the base managed to break through from the encirclement. The enemy withdrew once the fight had ended. Patrol sent to the base found four of ours dead, seven wounded. Eleven men are still missing. Our combat patrol is in pursuit."
14.D/Rukajärvi: "Two horse led carriages on their way to deliver Christmas presents to our southernmost base at lake Ontajärvi were ambushed by a 20-man enemy patrol. Two men were killed and one man and two Lottas are missing, presumed taken prisoner. Our patrols are in pursuit."
Air Force:
No activity
Finnish daily losses: 25
Battalion commander visiting the outermost positions of base "Koivu".
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25 December 1943
Air Force:
5 enemy sorties; 5 planes
Finnish daily losses: 21
Christmas time in a dug-out. (Uhtua area)
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26 December 1943
45 soldiers from II/JR 5 are jailed for the night after a fight breaks out during Boxing Day celebrations in Karhumäki. (Alcohol was involved)
Air Force:
No activity.
Finnish daily losses: 11
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27 December 1943
Air Force:
5 enemy sorties; 7 planes
- One enemy plane downed by AA on the Karelian Isthmus; pilot captured.
3 Finnish sorties; 4 planes
Finnish daily losses: 10
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28 December 1943
Air Force:
46 enemy sorties; 84 planes
- Enemy has bombed rear areas on Karelian and Maaselkä Isthmuses, and in Rukajärvi.
13 Finnish sorties; 31 planes
Finnish daily losses: 19
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29 December 1943
Air Force:
7 enemy sorties; 28 planes
20 Finnish sorties; 50 planes
- One Finnish Junkers 88 lost.
Finnish daily losses: 11
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30 December 1943
Air Force:
6 enemy sorties; 9 planes
2 Finnish sorties; 3 planes
Finnish daily losses: 15
Sentry standing guard in Ohta.
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31 December 1943
3.D/Uhtua: "Own 150-man combat patrol made contact with a 260-man enemy unit in grid 7550/9955 where it had dug in. The enemy was pushed to river Kostamus, which it crossed by swimming. Enemy losses ~20 dead and two POW. Own losses 5 dead and 3 wounded."
Air Force:
2 enemy sorties; 2 planes
8 Finnish sorties; 16 planes
Finnish daily losses: 20
Finnish losses in December: 440
Finnish losses in 1943: 6,169
Finnish losses in the war so far: 42,703
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For anyone interested, here are the weekly thread views from late September to end of 2018:
https://i.imgur.com/iwS2skx.png
And thus ends 1943/2018. Happy New Year!