Battle of Rovaniemi

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Battle of Rovaniemi
Part of the Lapland War of World War II
The ruins of Rovaniemi
Date October 12–13, 1944 Location Rovaniemi, Finland Result German retreat
Belligerents
Germany	Finland
Commanders and leaders
Henrik Saussel	Ruben Lagus
Strength
500 men 3 tanks	1,500 men 20 tanks
Casualties and losses
52 dead 164 wounded 9 missing 1 tank	36 dead 101 wounded 4 missing

The Battle of Rovaniemi was an event during the 1944 Lapland War. The actual fighting between the components of the Finnish Armoured Division and Finnish 3rd Division against the troops of the German Twentieth Mountain Army took place at the vicinity of the town of Rovaniemi. The notoriety of the encounter derives from the near-total destruction of the town.