29 April 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 27
Covered MG position. (Termola, Karelian Isthmus?)
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30 April 1942
Petroskoi's theatre opens for the first time.
Finnish daily losses: 24
Finnish AA fires on enemy aircraft. (Kiestinki area)
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1 May 1942
Price of alcohol goes up 50%.
Helsinki celebrates a surprisingly peaceful May Day.
Soap, both produced and imported is confiscated.
Photo reconnaissance unit, Detachment Ahtiainen, is formed under Flight Regiment 4.
Finnish daily losses: 39
May Day night in the front lines. (Termola)
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2 May 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 40
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3 May 1942
Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reports that Sweden is putting together the world's first mobile children's hospital. It is intended to work in East Karelia.
Finnish daily losses: 21
Major-General Viljanen's funeral in Hämeenlinna. (see post
#335)
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4 May 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 29
Never a bad time for gymnastics. (Rukajärvi area)
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5 May 1942
The transportation of the German 163.D from Svir to Kiestinki begins.
Finnish daily losses: 33
German tanks and Ger/Fin infantry advances in the snow. (Kiestinki area)