Operation Platinum Fox

Operation Platinum Fox
Part of Operation Silver Fox
Date 29 June – 21 September 1941 Location Petsamo, Litsa River, Rybachy Peninsula Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
Germany  Finland	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Eduard Dietl	Valerian A. Frolov
Strength
2nd Mountain Division 3rd Mountain Division 2 additional SS regiments[1] Finnish 14th Infantry Regiment[2] Finnish Ivalo Border Guard Battalion 27,500 men (initially)[3]	14th Rifle Division 52nd Rifle Division 1st Polar Division Soviet Northern Fleet
Casualties and losses
10,300 overall[4]	Unknown

Operation Platinum Fox (German: Unternehmen Platinfuchs; Finnish: operaatio Platinakettu) was a German and Finnish military offensive launched during World War II. Platinum Fox took place on the Eastern Front and had the objective of capturing the Barents Sea port of Murmansk. It was part of a larger operation, called Operation Silver Fox (Silberfuchs; Hopeakettu).