Finnish Forces

Stopped at the beach

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17th September 1944 after the failed Operation "Tanne Ost" (Fir tree East) German invasion of Finnish Suursaari 15tth September the battle was first conflict between former brothers-in-arms Finns and Germans, Finns won the battle and kept strategically important Suursaari. We can say operation that "Tanne Ost" was part of Lapland War 1944-1945 even the battle did not happen in Lapland but on Finnish island in Gulf of Finland. Suursaari (Gogland) belongs to now to Russia. 1944 original Finnish photo text:German motorbike which did not manage go deeper than shore line". Location: Suursaari (Swedish: Hogland, Russian: Gogland) Photographer: Military official Walter Jokinen Photo number:160413 Source: SA-kuva Finnish war time archive of Finnish Defense Forces. taken from fb/Juhana Kari/History of WW2