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October 25th, 1944
Defying the adverse Arctic weather, units of the Karelian Front pursued the enemy doggedly into Norway to secure on October 25 the town of KIRKENES, a major seaport in the Barents Sea, and over 30 other Norwegian settlements, including KROFT FETERBUHT, STURBUKT, JARDFJORBOTN, ROPELVEN, JAKOBSNES, ELVENES, BJORKHEIM, HEBUGTEN, SANDNES, BJORNEVAND, LONGFJORDBOTN, NIGORD, FOSSGORD, LANGLI, and SVANVIK.
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October 24th, 1944
On October 24 in East Prussia, our forces, defying enemy resistance and its armor-supported counterattacks, advanced stubbornly to take many fortified settlements, including JODZEN, DAGUTSEN, VERSKEPHEN, KIBARTEN, SILLENINGIEN, PETERLAUKEN, SKRUDZEN, SILLUPENEN, TRAKENEN, JENCUNEN, ZURGUPHEN, TEVELN, GURNEN, REGELLEN, and BITTKOVEN.
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October 23rd, 1944
Units of the Karelian Front, continuing their offensive to the west and the southwest of PETSAMO in adverse Arctic weather, liberated the entire nickel-producing region from its German occupiers and secured the settlement of SALMIJARVI. Our forces also cut off enemy road traffic between ROVANIEMI and KIRKENES.
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October 22nd, 1944
Units of the Karelian Front, continuing their offensive launched at PETSAMO (PECHENGA), reached the state border between the USSR and Norway on the frontline from the shore of the Barents Sea to Lake KUETSJARVI, securing nickel mines and the following settlements: NIKEL, VUOREMI, AFANASIEV, ROVA, VIRTAIN, and AHMALAHTI.
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October 21st, 1944
On October 21 in North Transylvania, our forces together with the Romanian forces secured the settlements of SEPINTA, JAPA, BERBESTI, DZULESTI, DESESTI, BLIDAR, ILBA, MIRIUS, HOMORODUL-DE-JOS, DZERAUSA, BELTIUG, KEC, and the railroad station of CIKERLEU.
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October 20th, 1944
On October 20 in North Transylvania, our forces continued an offensive, securing the following settlements: FERNEZI DE SUS, ROSI-OR, EGERISTE, KILIJA, SOKONZEL, CHORNI, HODOD, BABUKA, CEHAL, DIZIR, and ITEU.
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October 19th, 1944
On October 19 to the northwest of JELGAVA (MITAVA), our forces launched an offensive to secure the following settlements: BIGAUNCIEMS, LAPMEZCIEMS, RAGACIEMS, IZKOPI, ERCES, SILINI, and SPRAGOULI.
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October 18th, 1944
On October 18, to the northwest of the town of JELGAVA (MITAVA), our forces continued an offensive, crossed the river LIELUPE and secured the following settlements: PIKSTNIEKI, TEMERI, BRANTJUCIEMS KAIGUCIEMS, VAL-GUNTESCIEMS, GAILISI, MEZAMUIZA, VEGAINI, and the railroad stations of TEMERI, LIVBERZE, and BUDAS.
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October 17th, 1944
On October 17 to the west and southwest of RIGA, our forces continued an offensive to secure the following settlements: RIGAS JURMALA, SLOKA, VALTERI, GATCIEMS, USINAS, SILENIEKI, ZVIGULI, LIELCIEMS, MURMAJA, and the railroad stations of MELLUZI, ASARI, SLOKA, clearing the enemy out of the eastern bank of the river LIELUPE between SLOKA and JELGAVA (MITAVA).
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October 16th, 1944
On October 16, to the west and southwest of RIGA, our forces continued an offensive to take the following settlements: VARKALKROGS, VIKULI, PINTI, PLUDI, ANNASMUIZA, LAPSAS, ADIENI, MAZCENA, SUDMALKALNS, DALBE, GAISARAGI, TISI, VOLGUNTE and the railroad stations of LIELUPE, AVOTI, and DALBE.
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...16 - 25 October 1944...
* Updated daily
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