Word: 44th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...central front the Finns continued to harass their invaders, reported the recapture of Salla and the defeat of another Russian division (the 44th) near Suomussalmi. The Finns said they "destroyed" the main Russian force, captured 102 guns, 43 tanks, ten armored cars, 16 anti-aircraft cars with four guns each, 262 other cars, 75 automatic rifles, 47 field kitchens and 1,170 horses...
...44th was said to have been ambushed when it tried to come to the rescue of the 163rd division, reported "destroyed" near Suomussalmi last month. It was reported that the Finns first cut a branch line from the Murmansk railroad, upon which the 44th division depended for supplies, and then surrounded it. In the battle, the Finns claimed to have taken 1,000 prisoners. They believed that they had definitely killed for the winter's duration any chance that Russian forces might cut Finland...