Norway is really awesome

[ombugge]

An article in Reuters today about an Joint US and Norwegian exercise in Northern Norway and about the situation in Kirkenes, the nearest Norwegian town to the Russian border:

On Norway's border with Russia, unease over military buildup

Nothing said about the recent 75th Anniversary of Finnmark by Soviet forces in WWII:

75 year anniversary since the liberation of Finnmark

Not sure if this has got much attention in the media outside Norway and Russia, but a memorial was held in Kirkenes to commemorate the 75th Anniversary since since Finnmark was liberated from German occupation the last few days: The German applied the scourged earth strategy to stop the soviet advance and most of the population was sent by ships to Troms under horrendous conditions. Many hid in caves and tunnels to escape deportation, however. Norwegian Partisans participated in the liber…