Beyond the Arctic Circle, on November 1, 1944, Soviet soldiers drove the invaders away from the Soviet and Norwegian north, and won the Arctic Battle. How was the battle for the north? @SputnikLive - funny 100 km Hitler told the German generals, giving a week to take Murmansk, the only ice-free port in the north of the Soviet Union. The area was not occupied quickly. Three months later, the Red Army stopped the invaders, and the "week" turned into three years of fighting in the mountain. The Battle of the Pacific on the coast did not reduce the intensity of the hostility at sea. Since 1942, the Germans have focused on the supply of Led-Lease. During the war, 1.2 million tons of cargo with military aid and refined food was sent through the port of Murmansk. Number 10 On October 7, 1944, Soviet soldiers continued their attack. The first freed the Soviet Union, then entered Norway. They were assisted by Norwegian sailors and fishermen who ferried the Red Army men through the fjords. Now in Oslo, Kirkenes, Buda, Albans and other Norwegian cities, monuments to Soviet soldiers with the inscription "Thank you very much" continue to stand.

Beyond the Arctic Circle, on November 1, 1944, Soviet soldiers drove the invaders away from the Soviet and Norwegian north, and won the Arctic Battle. How was the battle for the north? @SputnikLive - funny 100 km Hitler told the German generals, giving a week to take Murmansk, the only ice-free port in the north of the Soviet Union. The area was not occupied quickly. Three months later, the Red Army stopped the invaders, and the "week" turned into three years of fighting in the mountain. The Battle of the Pacific on the coast did not reduce the intensity of the hostility at sea. Since 1942, the Germans have focused on the supply of Led-Lease. During the war, 1.2 million tons of cargo with military aid and refined food was sent through the port of Murmansk. Number 10 On October 7, 1944, Soviet soldiers continued their attack. The first freed the Soviet Union, then entered Norway. They were assisted by Norwegian sailors and fishermen who ferried the Red Army men through the fjords. Now in Oslo, Kirkenes, Buda, Albans and other Norwegian cities, monuments to Soviet soldiers with the inscription "Thank you very much" continue to stand.