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OCTOBER 1944

 Day Description  Notes
3
General Rendulic received order from Hitler to withdraw from N. Norway.
 4
Bergen – Allied aircraft attack Laksevåg – tragic loss of life.
 6
Hallingdal:  Two Resistance groups surrounded by Gestapo forces
 7
Murmansk front: Soviet forces begin offensive against Germans.
 14
Sognefjord – ‘Home Forces’ base “Bjørn West” established.
17
Oslo: Jonas Lie ordered ‘voluntary’ evacuation of civilians from N. Norge.
18
Soviet forces enter Norwegian Territory in Finnmark
25
Oslo: Important “Milorg” leader, Gunnar Jahn, arrested
25
Kirkenes – Soviet troops enter city.
28
Berlin – Hitler orders German troops to evacuate civilian population from Finnmark: “Scorched Earth” policy ‘Scorched Earth’
29
Bergen – Second unsuccessful Alllied aircraft attack on Laksvåg.
  1944  /  Timeline  /  Last Updated November 27, 2013 by Geronimo Gando  / 

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