4 November 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 27
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5 November 1942
Submarine "Vetehinen" rams and sinks Soviet submarine Štš-305 on the Sea of Åland.
Finnish daily losses: 14
Russian desant meets his end. (Rukajärvi)
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6 November 1942
Finland turns over eight Jews to the Germans.
Finnish daily losses: 12
Russian soldier killed and cannibalized by his comrades. (Seesjärvi)
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7 November 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 28
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8 November 1942
A lone enemy plane hits Helsinki, dropping two bombs. The second bomb hits a tram track, propelling fragments in all directions killing 45 people and wounding over 120 who were leaving a nearby cinema.
The Chief Physician of Mikkeli's military hospital Sigurd Althan is shot at his villa where Mannerheim often visits. The man, dressed in Finnish uniform, attacks Althan and in the ensuing scuffle shoots him in the head. It is suspected that the man was a Soviet desant, aiming to kill Mannerheim.
The Finnish HQ orders that all officers are to carry a sidearm from now on.
Finnish daily losses: 26
Bomb damage in Helsinki.
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9 November 1942
On the Svir front at Shemensk, Russian planes begin to attack Finnish positions at 0130hrs followed by a battalion sized infantry assault at 0300hrs. By noon, the Finnish IR 61 has been forced to retreat from parts of their section. The positions are however recaptured later in the day by a Finnish counter-attack.
Finnish daily losses: 39
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10 November 1942
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 13
Finnish guns firing at night. (Svir front)