Thanks
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1 July 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 29
Infantry attack exercise. (Niinisalo)
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2 July 1942
The town of Poventsa is nearly flattened entirely after a barrage of 200+ shells hits it.
Finnish daily losses: 20
Poventsa
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3 July 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 19
Playing 'golf'. (Lempaala)
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4 July 1942
Lieutenant-General Siilasvuo, the commander of III AK, informs Generaloberst Dietl and Mannerheim that he has given the north of the AK's sector to the Germans as ordered.
New areas of operation marked by black line.
Finnish daily losses: 12
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5 July 1942
Soviet partisans ambush a Finnish truck column near Suomussalmi. Three women of the Soldier's Home Association are killed, including the president of the organization Toini Jännes.
Finnish daily losses: 35
A dead Finnish soldier in a trench at Ohta.
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6 July 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 15
Finns take positions after getting reports of an enemy patrol in the area. (Rukajärvi)
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7 July 1942
1409 civilians have so far returned to the Hanko peninsula since May.
Finnish daily losses: 19
Propaganda loudspeaker. (Svir sector)