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The locations of destroyed counties in North Norway during WW2 (map by UiT The Arctic University of Norway)

During the last period of the German occupation of Norway between 1940-1945, the northernmost region was nearly destroyed due to scorched earth tactics (marked in red). The burning of Finnmark and North of Troms counties took place between autumn 1944 and May 1945. About 12,000 houses were burnt down

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