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conducted the only successful major military operation ever undertaken in an Arctic environment in modern warfare. The experiences in the conduct of the operation, particularly in terms of organising rear-area services and supply, were considered important to the conduct of the
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Eastern Front of World War II
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862:Far Eastern
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690:Far Eastern
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167:Lake Ladoga
79:Engagements
1025:Categories
822:Stalingrad
595:References
548:Commanders
187:Lake Onega
171:Svir River
100:commanders
93:Commanders
938:Ukrainian
847:Caucasian
752:Leningrad
699:June 1941
685:Ukrainian
415:32nd Army
376:26th Army
334:19th Army
299:14th Army
221:Manchuria
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871:Late war
812:Voronezh
747:Karelian
726:Southern
706:Northern
660:Red Army
614:See also
255:(4 ск) (
243:7th Army
214:Japanese
198:Finnmark
169:and the
135:Red Army
125:) was a
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852:Crimean
797:Reserve
772:Bryansk
767:Central
762:Kalinin
757:Volkhov
740:Mid-war
716:Western
668:1938–40
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179:Finnish
173:to the
149:Wartime
143:Karelia
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119:Russian
98:Notable
35:Country
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832:Steppe
656:Fronts
225:Baikal
183:German
45:Branch
27:Active
807:Kursk
802:Oryol
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387:83rd
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181:and
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63:Role
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