_______Grafstroms Raid*
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Date: March 2, 1940*
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Battle Type: Soviet assault vs Swedish Volunteers defend*
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Design: J Turesson*
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Background: During the Russo/Finnish Winter War a Swedish Volunteer Corps (Brigade) was set up. The 1st Battalion manned the quiet front at Makajarvi by the end of February.  
As part of their security operations, squad sized recon patrols were sent out.*
Within the first week the Russians started to ambush and destroy a couple of these
patrols.*
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Battle Description:  
the Swedish ranger base where found by Soviet patrols at noon and at dusk the main attack started. After a counter attack the Swedish force managed to pull out and return to their own lines*
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Sources: Silfverstolpe, "Svenska frivilliga i Finland" and HTTP:www.svenskafrivilliga.com*
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