In 1941, military operations were conducted by large formations along the northern coast of Scandinavia—for the first time in history of warfare. A modern army suddenly swept into that isolated and inhospitable region that was yet to possess the level of importance it would later assume. The Arctic Front was the northernmost theater in the war waged by Germany against Russia. For a period of four years, German troops from all branches of the Wehrmacht fought side by side with Finnish border guard units. The high point of the war on the Arctic Front was the assembly and advance of Germany’s Mountain Corps Norway in the summer and autumn of 1941. Commanded by general of the mountain troops, Eduard Dietl, and composed of the 2nd and 3rd Mountain Divisions, the Mountain Corps advanced out of occupied North Norway, assembled in the Petsamo Corridor in North Finland, and struck into Russian territory in an attempt to seize Murmansk. This account of the operation was written by Wilhelm Hess, quartermaster of the Mountain Corps Norway. He draws upon his personal experience of the conditions and actions on the Arctic Front in order to describe and analyze the environment, the sequence of events, and the reasons behind certain decisions. Chapters include: The Mountain Corps Norway; Fennoscandia and Kola; The threat from the west; Assembly of forces in the east; Petsamo; Cutting off Rybachy Peninsula; Overcoming the border fortifications; The first attack over the Litsa River; The operations of the 6th Destroyer Flotilla; Mopping up the Duchy; The last days of summer; Warfare and the line of security; On the Luttojoki River; The supply of the mountain corps; more. Imported from Britain. Published at $45, our price only $18.95!