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{{other uses|Operation Northern Lights (disambiguation)}}{{Campaignbox Arctic 1941-1944}}Operation Nordlicht ("Northern Light") was a German operation during the end of World War II. After Finland had made peace with the USSR, the Germans planned to fall back to defense lines built and equipped in advance across Finnish Lapland (Operation Birke). During the operation, the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht gave an order to move from Operation Birke to Operation Nordlicht on 4 October 1944. This meant that instead of evacuating everything and then fortifying on the strong defensive positions German 20th Mountain Army was to retreat according to a set timetable to a new defense line in Lyngen, Norway.[1] The Germans retreated using scorched earth tactics, and destroyed almost all buildings and all boats in Finnmark, thus denying the enemy any facilities in the area. These same tactics had already been used in Finnish Lapland. The retreat ended on January 20, 1945.[2] A detailed account of 'the Nazis' scorched earth campaign in Norway' by Vincent Hunt includes statements by eyewitnesses, photographs taken at the time and a map of locations and prisoner of war camps.[3]References1. ^{{cite book |last1=Ahto |first1=Sampo |title=Aseveljet vastakkain - Lapin sota 1944-1945 |trans-title=Brothers in arms against each other - Lapland War 1944-1945 |year=1980 |publisher=Kirjayhtymä |location=Helsinki |language=Finnish |isbn=951-26-1726-9 |pages=92–99}}
2. ^{{cite book |last1=Carruthers |first1=Bob |title=Hitler's Forgotten Armies: Combat in Norway and Finland |year=2012 |publisher=Coda Books Ltd |location=Warwickshire |isbn=9781781580981 }}
3. ^{{cite book |last1=Hunt |first1 =Vincent |title=Fire and Ice |year=2014 |publisher=The History Press |location=Stroud, Gloucestershire |isbn=9780750956369 }}
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