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Dowly · 03-02-18, 02:56 AM

24 February 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 12

Pilots of 3/LeLv 24 commanded by Captain Jorma Karhunen. (Suulajärvi)

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25 February 1943

AOK Norwegen*: "120-man strong enemy detachment has attacked against one of our bases on the north side of Salla."

Finnish daily losses: 11

*Actually these are the Finnish liason HQ's (Yhteysesikunta Roi) reports in the HQ war diary, but I just call it the AOK Norwegen since that's what they are reporting about.

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26 February 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 15

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27 February 1943

Aunus/Olonets: "Enemy base on the southern end of Konevsaari island was attacked by our patrol at 0100hrs. In storming the trenches they killed 21 enemy soldiers, took three prisoners and destroyed two living dug-outs and two machine gun positions."

Finnish daily losses: 20

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28 February 1943

Rukajärvi/14.D.: "Heavy artillery and rocket (Katyusha) fire on our positions all day."

Finnish daily losses: 18

Snipers Pfc. Ervasti and Pfc. Vähäkuopus. (Uhtua area)

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1 March 1943

President Ryti's second term begins.

Karelian Isthmus: "In the Tappari road direction, our patrol led by Lieutenant Kantola (IR 16) managed to get inside the living area of an enemy base where they killed a Senior Lieutenant and four other Red Army soldiers. Patrol returned with no losses."

Finnish daily losses: 10

Marshal Mannerheim awarding soldiers with the Mannerheim Cross. (Mikkeli, HQ)

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2 March 1943

Maaselkä: "One of our artillery fire control positions were attacked during the night about a kilometre southwest from Poventsa by a 40-man enemy unit. The defenders managed to push the enemy back after a short firefight"

Finnish daily losses: 12

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Since the National Achives have started to digitise the service records of those who died in the wars, I decided to incorporate them to my write up to give some names behind the numbers.
(The digitizing is in its infancy with only 1,500 records so far)

V.I. Anttikoski.
He was a private (tag #395322) born in 1920 in (or living in) Evijärvi and he was a farmer.
He was called to service on the 23th of March 1940 and was ordered to PP2 (says nothing to me -D). 16 August '41 he was transferred to 1/URR (Uusimaa Dragoon Regiment).
He was sent at first to Field Hospital 26 on 16 August '42 and transferred on 29 August '42 to Field Hospital 55 where he died on 27 February '43 of pneumonia, aged 23. He was not married.

03-02-18, 02:56 AM	#441
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,056 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	24 February 1943 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 12 Pilots of 3/LeLv 24 commanded by Captain Jorma Karhunen. (Suulajärvi) *** 25 February 1943 AOK Norwegen: "120-man strong enemy detachment has attacked against one of our bases on the north side of Salla." Finnish daily losses: 11 Actually these are the Finnish liason HQ's (Yhteysesikunta Roi) reports in the HQ war diary, but I just call it the AOK Norwegen since that's what they are reporting about. * 26 February 1943 No entry. Finnish daily losses: 15 * 27 February 1943 Aunus/Olonets: "Enemy base on the southern end of Konevsaari island was attacked by our patrol at 0100hrs. In storming the trenches they killed 21 enemy soldiers, took three prisoners and destroyed two living dug-outs and two machine gun positions." Finnish daily losses: 20 * 28 February 1943 Rukajärvi/14.D.: "Heavy artillery and rocket (Katyusha) fire on our positions all day." Finnish daily losses: 18 Snipers Pfc. Ervasti and Pfc. Vähäkuopus. (Uhtua area) * 1 March 1943 President Ryti's second term begins. Karelian Isthmus: "In the Tappari road direction, our patrol led by Lieutenant Kantola (IR 16) managed to get inside the living area of an enemy base where they killed a Senior Lieutenant and four other Red Army soldiers. Patrol returned with no losses." Finnish daily losses: 10 Marshal Mannerheim awarding soldiers with the Mannerheim Cross. (Mikkeli, HQ) * 2 March 1943 Maaselkä: "One of our artillery fire control positions were attacked during the night about a kilometre southwest from Poventsa by a 40-man enemy unit. The defenders managed to push the enemy back after a short firefight" Finnish daily losses: 12 * Since the National Achives have started to digitise the service records of those who died in the wars, I decided to incorporate them to my write up to give some names behind the numbers. (The digitizing is in its infancy with only 1,500 records so far) V.I. Anttikoski. He was a private (tag #395322) born in 1920 in (or living in) Evijärvi and he was a farmer. He was called to service on the 23th of March 1940 and was ordered to PP2 (says nothing to me -D). 16 August '41 he was transferred to 1/URR (Uusimaa Dragoon Regiment). He was sent at first to Field Hospital 26 on 16 August '42 and transferred on 29 August '42 to Field Hospital 55 where he died on 27 February '43 of pneumonia, aged 23. He was not married. Last edited by Dowly; 03-09-18 at 02:54 AM.