German Forces

Kola Peninsula

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A German officer of the mountain troops (Gebirgsjäger) on the field phone in a snowstorm; Kola Peninsula, Russia, 1941. Operation Silver Fox (German: Silberfuchs) from 29 June to 17 November 1941, was a German–Finnish military operation during World War II. The objective of the offensive was to cut off and capture the key Soviet port at Murmansk through attacks from Finnish and Norwegian territory.