Tornio landing

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Tornio landing refers to the amphibious assault phase of the Battle of Tornio in World War II, when Finnish forces landed near the town of Tornio to drive German troops from northern Finland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf amphibious assault ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
belligerent Finland ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
commander Finnish Colonel Aaro Pajari ⓘ
conflict Lapland War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
date 1 October 1944 ⓘ
location Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ
Tornio ⓘ
method amphibious landing from merchant vessels ⓘ
objective to drive German troops from northern Finland ⓘ
to secure the town of Tornio ⓘ
opponent 20th Mountain Army ⓘ
German XIX Mountain Corps ⓘ
participant Finnish Army ⓘ
German Army ⓘ
partOf Battle of Tornio ⓘ
Finnish offensive in Lapland War ⓘ
linked to: Lapland War
precededBy Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union ⓘ
relatedTo German Operation Birke ⓘ
linked to: Operation Birke

German Operation Nordlicht (Lapland) ⓘ
result Finnish victory ⓘ
German withdrawal from Tornio area ⓘ
strategicImportance control of key road and rail junction in northern Finland ⓘ
pressure on German forces to accelerate withdrawal from Finland ⓘ
supportedBy Finnish Navy ⓘ
Finnish coastal artillery ⓘ
timePeriod October 1944 ⓘ

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Battle of Tornio → alsoKnownAs → Tornio landing ⓘ