What happened in your town/city during WWII?

[Dowly]

I´ve been meaning to make this thread for ages, finally I got myself to it.

Like the title says, I´d like to know what happened where you live during the heat of battle of the WWII. It doesnt have to be combat related, but something that is related to the fighting, e.g. ammunition factory etc.

Ok, let´s start then, shall we?

I live in a small, ~26,000 people town in eastern Finland called Varkaus. The town is ~150Km from the Russian border.

During the WWII, Varkaus didnt see much of action, it was bombed a few times because it was an industrial town (as it is still, there´s close to 30 industrial workshops in here, atleast 22 of them are metal industry.). And because of that same reason it was used to repair salvaged soviet tanks during the Winter and Continuation wars.

That´s it, not much but still something.