21 July 1943
Northern Finland: Soviet partisans ambush a truck convoy on the Kiestinki - Kuusamo road. One soldier is killed and 31 of the trucks are damaged.
Finnish daily losses: 21
Trench architecture at Valkjärvi-Raasuli.
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22 July 1943
Northern Finland: Number of skirmishes between Finnish patrols and Soviet partisans.
Finnish daily losses: 14
Portions of trenches at Rajajoki are still flooded after Spring. (11./IR 58)
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23 July 1943
Maaselkä: Two attacks against Finnish positions at the Stalin's Canal are pushed back.
Finnish daily losses: 36
Lieutenant-Colonel Korvenheimo with his pet crow "Pakko". (Vitele)
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24 July 1943
Maaselkä: At 0210hrs the enemy artillery fired a strong preparation against three forward bases in the Stalin's Canal area. The following infantry attack slipped between two forward bases into the Finnish mainline from where it was thrown back with a counter-attack by 3.30. Enemy losses ~120 men.
Finnish daily losses: 27
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25 July 1943
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 14
Jooseppi Kinnunen (right) at the funeral of the Viianki partisan attack victims, among them his wife and children.
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26 July 1943
Rukajärvi/14.D: Approximately 100 men strong enemy detachment attacked Finnish positions in Vilkojärvi sector.
Finnish daily losses: 22
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27 July 1943
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 17
Canteen built in the "middle of nowhere" by 5. Division's soldiers. (Aunus Isthmus)