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After Allies (Soviets) made critical notes about the slow conduct of war against German 20. Gebirgsarmee (20th Mountain Army), Finns organised a landing into the port of Tornio by one division on 1st October 1944 and other coming in later. Germans decided to put an end to the landing and tried to take Tornio by force. In battle Germans were defeated and had to start retreating towards Rovaniemi on 7th October 1944, destroying everything they could.
Lapin Sodan is in finnish and means the soldier of Lappland. This is the Lapland War Artillery Monument and it is situated on the road Kromitie between Tornio and the harbour Röyttä.
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Another war memorial stone can be found on the road from Tornio to the harbour of Röyttä. This one is raised for 11th Finnish Infantry, who landed in Tornio with the on the 1st October 1944.
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Tornio is a small town with about a population of 23,000, just next to the Swedish border and town of Haparanda. It's actual only the Tornio river that divide the two towns apart.
Monday the 7th - Cast B leaves Raahe and stops in Rovaniemi to meet with Santa Claus before reaching Tornio. Tuesday the 8th - The cast has a pajama party! Wednesday the 9th - The cast says goodbye...
Tornio is a border town with Sweden by the north part of the Gulf of Bothnia. It is usually just a place to stop over on the way to/from Finland.
Tornio church - a world heritage
One of the few Finnish sites on the list of UNESCOs world heritages is the church in Tornio. It is part of the Geodetic Arc of Struwe who built up a network of points between the Black Sea and the...
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