Subordinated to the German XXXVI Corps, the division took part in the German-led Operation Arctic Fox in 1941.

[4] By this point, both increasingly difficult logistics and the losses suffered forced Operation Arctic Fox to be halted.

[6] Following the failure of Operation Arctic Fox, the Finnish general headquarters wanted to reduce the division to a brigade-sized element to help both a labor shortage on the home front, as well as for foreign political reasons related to attacking beyond the pre-Winter War borders.

[8] In January 1943, the brigade was re-expanded to divisional size, again taking the name 6th Division, and assigned to the Aunus Group.

[9] After the Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive started in 1944, the 6th Division was moved to the Karelian Isthmus[10][11] as a component of the Finnish IV Corps.