The separate companies and batteries didn't belong to any specific division of the Finnish Army and could be placed in ad hoc formations.

The troops were part of the Lapland Group (Lapin Ryhmä) of the Finnish Army which had its headquarters at Rovaniemi.

[citation needed] Elements of the 104th Division crossed the border on 30 November 1939[1] and occupied the Finnish part of the Rybachi Peninsula.

After the two-month pause the Soviet advance continued and this time attacks on 25 February forced the Finnish troops to Nautsi near Lake Inari.

[citation needed] On 12 March, 1940, the Moscow Peace Treaty was concluded and Finland was forced to cede parts of her territory to the Soviet Union.