Operation Silberfuchs (Silver Fox) was a German operation during World War II. Its main goal was the capture of the Soviet port at Murmansk through attacks from Finnish territory.

The operation was divided into several smaller operations:

• Operation Renntier (Occupation of Finnish Petsamo by German forces)
• Operation Platinfuchs (Advance by the Gebirgskorps Norwegen against Murmansk)
• Operation Polarfuchs (Advance by the German XXXVI Corps against Kandalaksha through Salla)
• Operation Blaufuchs 1 (Transport of German 169th Infantry Division and SS Division Nord through the Baltic sea to Finnish ports and from there to the area around Rovaniemi)
• Operation Blaufuchs 2 (Transport of German corps staff and corps units from Norway to Finland)

Troops

• AOK Norwegen
  • Gebirgskorps Norwegen (Mountain corps)
  • German XXXVI Corps
  • Finnish III Corps

See also

• Continuation War, Operation Barbarossa, Eastern Front (WWII)

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