By noon, the Finnish troops withdrew to their own lines.
About 200 were captured by Finland in 1941 and issued to Finnish troops.
Thus, until now, there had been very few actual hostilities between the German and Finnish troops.
Finnish troops remained in Åland until the end of the war in 1944.
By 19:00 the Finnish troops had restored their lines.
Finnish troops' equipment being well suited for warfare in deep snow and freezing temperatures.
The number of Finnish troops on each side varied from 50,000 to 90,000.
There were only a few Finnish troops in the area at the start of the war.
The Finnish troops conducted a pre-planned retreat before the overwhelming opposition.
Finnish troops and the remaining population are immediately evacuated.