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Finnish General Hjalmar Siilasvuo, with five divisions, began a drive from the south, slowly pushed the Germans back. With their direct route to Germany cut off, the Nazis could retreat into Norway or into neutral Sweden. But there was no question of peaceful surrender to the Finns, as the armistice framers seemed to expect-few Germans would willingly follow the road to a Russian prison camp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF GERMANY (North): Cool-off in Finland | 10/23/1944 | See Source »

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