30 September 1942
224,593 evacuees have returned to their homes in Karelia.
Finnish daily losses: 21
Sweden's Prince Gustav Adolf visiting 4.Division near Petroskoi.
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1 October 1942
Schools start in Finland and in many areas in Karelia.
Finnish daily losses: 26
Parade in Petroskoi to celebrate 1 year anniversary of taking of the city.
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2 October 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 18
Actor Heikki Tuominen touring the troops "over there somewhere".
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3 October 1942
Soviet partisans kill three women and one man in the village of Kuoliovaara in Kuusamo.
Finnish daily losses: 17
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4 October 1942
Finnish liason to German HQ, General Talvela, informs Mannerheim that the Germans have postponed the plan to capture Leningrad.
Mannerheim instructs General Talvela to not give in to any demands from Germany to help in the siege.
Finnish daily losses: 31
Platoon leader Cornet Haanpää receives first aid. (Rukajärvi/Base "Suvi")
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5 October 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 18
Heinkel He-111 flying low over boats on Lake Ladoga.
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6 October 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 18
Lieutenant Penttilä's (front) patrol resting somewhere in the Rukajärvi wilderness.