Operation Arctic Fox

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Operation Arctic Fox (from the German Operation Polarfuchs) was the codename given to a campaign by German and Finnish forces during the Second World War, against Soviet defences at Salla, in Finland, in July 1941.

Salla was one of the locations of the Russian invasion of Finland in 1939. The German XXXVI Corps, consisting of both German and Finnish troops, carried out Operation Arctic Fox during the initial phase of the Continuation War and as a part of Operation Barbarossa. Polarfuchs formed a part of the larger Operation Silberfuchs (Operation Silver Fox), which aimed at capturing the Soviet port at Murmansk.

Operation Polarfuchs
Conflict	World War 2
Date	July, 1941
Place	Lapland, Finland
Result	Soviets stop German and Finnish advance
Combatants
Germany and Finland	Soviet Union
Commanders
General der Kavallerie Hans Feige	Major-General R. I. Panin
Strength
3 divisions	2 divisions
Casualties
-	-

[edit] Forces

[edit] German XXXVI Armeekorps

• 169.Infanterie-Division
• SS-Division Nord (mot)
• Finnish 6th Division
• Panzer-Abteilung 211

[edit] Soviet XLII corps

• Soviet 104th Division
• Soviet 122nd Division
• Soviet 1st Tank Brigade (?)