Operation Arctic Fox - Conclusion

Conclusion

During Operation Arctic Fox the Germans and Finns were able to make some ground and took Salla as well as Kestenga, but overall the operation failed in terms of its strategic goals, as neither Murmansk nor the railway at Kandalaksha was captured. The XXXVI Corps was unsuited, ill-trained and unprepared for arctic warfare and therefore made only small progress while suffering heavy casualties. The Finnish units, especially the 6th Division of the III Finnish Corps, made good progress and inflicted heavy casualties on the Soviet forces, but due the limited resources and an overstretched frontline the Finnish commander Hjalmar Siilasvuo ordered to not proceed with the offensive, possibly after consultation with Mannerheim not to get too deeply involved in Germany's war.

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