In October 1944, the German 20th Mountain Army was preparing to abandon the positions along the Litza and Titovka rivers it had held since the failed drive to capture Murmansk in 1941. At the same time, the Soviet 14th Army was preparing to hit the Germans in the 10th and final "Hammerblow-offensive" on the Eastern Front. On October 7th, the two armies clashed in what would be the heaviest fighting north of the Arctic circle ever...