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Operation Silver Fox

from 29 June 1941 to 17 November 1941

German–Finnish military operation during World War II, to cut off and capture the key Soviet port at Murmansk through attacks from Finnish and Norwegian territory. It began on 29 June 1941 in what is now the Russian Federation and lasted until 17 November 1941 (about 5 months). The setting was Sápmi. It was part of Eastern Front.

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