Battle of Olhava

Battle of Olhava
Part of the Lapland War of World War II
Memorial stone for the battle
Date 28 September 1944 Location Olhava, Ii, Finland Result German victory
Belligerents
Germany	Finland
Commanders and leaders
Obersturmführer Zimmermann	August Kuisto
Strength
SS-Intelligence Battalion 6	15th Brigade
Casualties and losses
2 killed	5 killed

The Battle of Olhava occurred during the Lapland War on 28 September 1944. A brief armed struggle occurred in Northern Finland between retreating German troops and north of the advancement of the Finnish troops. The previous day the first skirmish between German and Finnish troops in Pudasjärvi. In Olhava, troops for the first time opened full-scale fire against each other and the casualties were the first of the Lapland War.