23 June 1943
Grain shipments from Germany to Finland resume after a halt due to the cooling of relations between the two caused by Finland's peace feelers.
Finnish daily losses: 32
Volunteer worker and a little piggy. (Suomussalmi)
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24 June 1943
Maaselkä Group: "In the Maaselkä station area, the enemy attacked our positions with a company size force after an artillery preparation. The attack was halted and pushed back by 0400hrs. Enemy losses 50 KIA, own losses 2 KIA 5 WIA.
Finnish daily losses: 24
Base "Särmä" on the Maaselkä isthmus.
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25 June 1943
Karelian Isthmus: Attack against Finnish positions near Viisjoki repelled.
Finnish daily losses: 20
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26 June 1943
Partisan activity is increasing in northern Finland. At the turn of June-July, the "Krasnyi partizan" group attacks the villages of Tuppura, Hyry, Malahvia and Viianki in the Suomussalmi region leaving over 30 civilians dead.
Rukajärvi/14.D: "At 8 o'clock, the enemy launched a very strong artillery and mortar fire in the direction of Kotkola road. After an hour of preparation, the enemy attacked our base on the north side of the road with 1-2 battalions and after a 40-minute-long battle the enemy had taken over the base. As our forces were preparing for a counter-strike they were hit by enemy artillery resulting in number of casualties. Losses: 21 KIA, 90 WIA, 2 MIA."
Finnish daily losses: 47
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27 June 1943
Rukajärvi/14.D: "The base we lost yesterday has been recaptured after over 3 hours of fighting. We've counted 115 enemy dead so far, own losses 2 KIA 36 WIA."
Finnish daily losses: 16
20mm AA-gun at Vuoksenniska factory area.
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28 June 1943
Rukajärvi/14.D: The enemy tries to capture base "Pallo" three times during the day, all attempts are pushed back.
Finnish daily losses: 21
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29 June 1943
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 19
Marshal Mannerheim and Generals Heinrich, Hanell, Öhqvist, Sarlin, Lagus and Tuompo following a testing of various anti-tank obstacles. (Taavetti)