Vehicles of German 40th Tank Battalion advancing toward Murmansk, Russia during Operation Silver Fox, Jul 1941Troops of Finnish IV Corps on parade near the Round Tower, Viipuri, Finland, 31 Aug 1941Ferdinand Schörner in far northern Russia during Operation Silver Fox, 1941Lieutenant General Lennart Oesch and his chief of staff Colonel Valo Nihtilä inspecting Viipuri, Finland (now Vyborg, Russia), Aug-Sep 1941
Vehicles of German 40th Tank Battalion advancing toward Murmansk, Russia during Operation Silver Fox, Jul 1941Troops of Finnish IV Corps on parade near the Round Tower, Viipuri, Finland, 31 Aug 1941Ferdinand Schörner in far northern Russia during Operation Silver Fox, 1941Lieutenant General Lennart Oesch and his chief of staff Colonel Valo Nihtilä inspecting Viipuri, Finland (now Vyborg, Russia), Aug-Sep 1941
Soviet Major General Vladimir V. Kirpitsnikov, in captivity, lighting a cigarette for Finnish Lieutenant General Lennart Oesch, Russia, Sep 1941
Soviet Major General Vladimir V. Kirpitsnikov, in captivity, lighting a cigarette for Finnish Lieutenant General Lennart Oesch, Russia, Sep 1941
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