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Old 06-06-07, 08:15 PM   #1
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Battles of Suomussalmi and Raate-Road. Finnish troops destroyed two Soviet divisions, suffering some 700 as KIA&MIA against some 45.000 KIA&MIA on the Soviet side.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Suomussalmi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Raate-Road


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Old 06-06-07, 09:16 PM   #2
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Battle of Timor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_..._%281942-43%29
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Old 06-07-07, 02:49 AM   #3
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Operation Mincemeat. Not a battle but a prelude to Operation Husky (Sicily) and its effect on second guessing the Allies led to a major German blunder in Operation Market Garden a year and a half later.

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