Lapland War
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During World War II, the Lapland War saw fighting between Finland and Nazi Germany – effectively from September to November 1944 – in Finland's northernmost region, Lapland. Although Finns and Germans had been fighting against the Soviet Union since 1941 during the Continuation War (1941–1944), the Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive in the summer of 1944 forced the Finnish leadership to negotiate a separate peace agreement. The Moscow Armistice, signed on 19 September 1944, demanded for Finland to break diplomatic ties with Germany and to expel or disarm any German soldiers remaining in Finland after 15 September 1944.
