Battle of Tornio
| Battle of Tornio | |||||||
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| Part of the Lapland War of World War II | |||||||
Finnish Panzerschreck team near Tornio | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Germany | Finland | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Mathias Kräutler | Hjalmar Siilasvuo | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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7,000 11 tanks & artillery |
12,500 2 gunboats | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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500 killed 1,600 wounded 400 captured 4 tanks lost |
375 killed 1,400 wounded 23 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Tornio (October 1–8, 1944) was the first major engagement between Nazi Germany and Finland in the Lapland War; although hostilities had already begun elsewhere (see Tanne Ost).