17 October 1944
The government sets up a war compensation industry delegation within the Ministry of Trade and Industry to handle the $300 million war preparations dictated in the Moscow treaty.
TASS accuses Finns of being passive and slow in driving out the Germans from the country.
Mannerheim criticized Siilasvuo for being too passive in the north after the capture of Rovaniemi, and especially about the failed encirclement by Lagus' forces. In response, Major General Lagus threatens to give up his command.
Finnish daily losses: 25
Rovaniemi
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18 October 1944
Finnish troops take control of the partially destroyed Kemijärvi parish.
18th Division captures Pelto.
Finnish daily losses: 26
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19 October 1944
The headquarters orders the forces operating in northern Finland to form the Lapland Group, commanded by Lieutenant General Harald Öhqvist.
Prime Minister Castrén receives a list ('List 1') from the Allied Control Commission containing the names of 61 people suspected of war crimes. Due to the rather sloppy way the list was made, only 45 people are found and from those only 14 are found guilty.
(The list had a lot of misspelled names, wrong ranks and people who were accused of doing something somewhere they never were at.)
Finnish daily losses: 16
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20 October 1944
The Armoured Division captures Sodankylä.
Finnish daily losses: 25
Released soviet POWs on their way back to the Soviet Union. (Lahti)
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21 October 1944
N/A
Finnish daily losses: 14
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22 October 1944
11th Division captures Kolari.
The Allied Control Commission relaxes its demands of a more swift advance against the Germans in the north. Due to this the HQ orders 15th and 6th Division along with 15th & 19th Brigade to halt their advance.
Finnish daily losses: 25