ABSTRACT
Lapland (20 September 1944-24 April 1945) [See map 16 on page 1326] Lapland, which extends from northern Norway all the way to the northeastern parts of the Soviet Union, did not become a battleground in World War II until the fall of 1944. Between 20 September 1944 and 24 April 1945, however, the Finns and Germans fought a war that devastated most of Finnish Lapland. The Soviets and Norwegians, meanwhile, fought against the German troops in Nordkalotten, an area on the northernmost tip of Scandinavia.
