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 | | The arrival of German troops participating in Operation Barbarossa began on June 7 in Petsamo, where Nord" class="a-lk">SS Division Nord started southwards, and on June 8 in the ports of the Gulf of Bothnia where the German 169th Infantry Division was transported by rail to Rovaniemi, where both of these turned eastward on June 18. |
 | | Finland was able to mobilize 16 infantry divisions, one cavalry brigade and two "Jäger" brigades, which were practically normal infantry brigades, exept one battalion in the 1st Jaeger Brigade (1.JPr), which was armored using captured Soviet equipment. |
 | | Soviet war against Germany didn't go as well as pre-war Soviet wargames had envisioned, and soon Soviet high command had to take units whereever they could, so although Soviets had started the war against Finland, they couldn't follow the initial air offensive with supporting land offensive, but they had to withdraw 10. |
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