28 July 1943
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 23
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29 July 1943
14.D/Rukajärvi: 13 missing men from a patrol that clashed with an enemy detachment on the 22nd are found dead in a marshy area near Kellovaara. The men had seemingly withdrawn there pursued by the enemy and had fought until they ran out of ammunition.
Finnish daily losses: 21
Lotta Ilmoniemi at the christening of a newly built canteen 'Metsäpirtti' at Rukajärvi.
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30 July 1943
Maaselkä: A platoon-size enemy attack is repulsed near Salmijärvenjoki river.
Finnish daily losses: 13
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31 July 1943
Lieutenant
Hans Wind is awarded the Mannerheim Cross for his 26 aerial victories.
Finnish daily losses: 16
Finnish losses 25.6.1941 - 31.7.1943: 40,316
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1 August 1943
Aunus Group: In the Kalaz area, Finnish assault guns destroy nine bunkers and damage another nine, collapse 100 meters of trenches and start six forest fires on the enemy side.
Finnish daily losses: 12
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2 August 1943
Aunus Group: Finnish patrol enters an enemy forward base in the Keskasjärvi area and kills 22 men and destroys their living dug-out. The patrol returns with no own losses.
Finnish daily losses: 9
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3 August 1943
During the night, 25 enemy planes bomb Kotka. 137 houses are destroyed in the resulting fires.
Finnish daily losses: 24