The story
Karl Lennart Oesch ordered Finnish troops to fall back to the Vakkila-Ihantalaj_rvi-Kokkoselk_-Noskuanselk_ Line in Finland. Soviet troops pursued the withdrawing Finns and caused heavy casualties.
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You have arrived at just one small part of Back to Normandy — a personal project dedicated to preserving stories, images, music and memories of the Second World War.
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