German positions in Northern Finland in 2004

[Nordfront]

Next I would like to show some pictures from area that saw bitter fighting during "Lappland war" in autumn and winter of 44/45 between old allies, Finland and Germany. There were a lots of old positions left... I hope these are not too boring?!

[Nordfront]

There were lots of this kind of improvised positions. Pretty nasty when under fire because of stone splinters...

[Nordfront]

There are still some German casualty un-accounted for in this area. They were buried in a hurry and sometimes graves markers were lost. Actually they did find several bodies in 1970's still in German uniforms during road construction work.

[Nordfront]

I hope this wasn't someone's last meal...

[Ostmark]

Hi

Great pics ... can you show us your finds (M40 ..)

Looks like a nice area for my scope

[atcase]

Hi Nordfront,

thanks for posting this thread very interesting, any more pictures ??
Ashley

[Mat Holloway]

i dare say that a member of this forum is now on there way to pick up those car parts right now
i would love to do a thread like this its very interesting and well portrayed
well done
mat

[reidmuller]

Very good photos thanks i must get over there looks exciting can we see some photos of the M40 belt buckles and bottles?
also was there any thing stamped on the tin you found?

[Nordfront]

All right, more pictures from the same '44-'45 "Lappland war" battle ground. As you can see there wasn't that much cover sometimes and lots of soldiers paid the ultimate price in this area.

[Nordfront]

German dug out. There were some German empty 7.92mm ammo casings around.

[Nordfront]

Another one... It was a quite a major battle so this area is full of these positions. Luckily everything has been left as it was back then.

[Nordfront]

On this place there was around ten of these stone pile positions on a row. I will post later some pics of those items that I found.

We were at famous battle grounds of Finnish-Soviet '39-'40 "Winter War" this June, maybe I should post those pics on other thread if there is some interest? I don't think many of non-Finnish members have realised how much there is to see here...

[Hank C.]

Excellent thread and photos. Looking forward to more!

[Theodor]

On this place there was around ten of these stone pile positions on a row. I will post later some pics of those items that I found.

It is later already

[Ostmark]

It is later already

I agree with theodor ... showtime