7 September 1944
The Peace Delegation, appointed by Mannerheim, crosses the border line at Juustila on 7 September and arrives in Moscow the same evening.
The delegation is headed by Prime Minister Hackzell and other members include Defense Minister Walden, Chief of Staff Heinrichs and General Oscar Enckell.
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The Finnish Government is asking the Swedish Government whether the Swedish authorities can receive approximately 100,000 refugees from the area west of the Oulujoki and Kemijoki rivers, if necessary. The Swedish Government replies in the affirmative.
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Headquarters' LRRP detachment Jauri hands over their loaner seaplanes back to the Germans.
Finnish daily losses: 18
Grim reminder of the fighting at Vuosalmi during the summer; A fallen Russian soldier still where he fell in July.
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8 September 1944
German forces begin to withdraw from the Kiestinki area.
Finnish daily losses: 13
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9 September 1944
Mauno Olavi Laiho, sentenced to death in 1943 for treason, is executed in Oulu.
Finnish daily losses: 13
Prisoner exchange in Ihantala.
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10 September 1944
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 11
Ihantala.
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11 September 1944
The sole survivor of detachment Vehniäinen's three man patrol which was paradropped behind enemy lines on the Isthmus on 31 August returns back to own lines at 03.00
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Lieutenant Colonel Haahti, the representative of the headquarters, begins negotiations in Rovaniemi on cooperation, the so-called "autumn maneuvers", between German and Finnish troops. Contrary to the ceasefire agreement with the Soviet Union, the plan of the headquarters is that military action in Lapland would be merely illusory. On retreat, the Germans would destroy bridges and roads. The Finns would move into the emptied areas according to a pre-agreed schedule. Its implementation would be monitored on a regular basis. The slow progress could be justified by the aforementioned destruction of bridges and roads.
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Hitler shows green light to Operation Tanne Ost, the capture of Suursaari island on Gulf of Finland.
Finnish daily losses: 22
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12 September 1944
8-man LRRP patrol returns from north of Seesjärvi on foot, having trekked for over 200km.
Finnish daily losses: 25
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13 September 1944
No entry.
Finnish daily losses: 11