Battle of Taipale

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Taipale was a major World War II engagement on the Karelian Isthmus in which Finnish forces successfully resisted repeated Soviet assaults during the Winter War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Taipale canonical	4
Taipale sector fighting	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Taipale ⓘ surface form: Taipale sector fighting
belligerent	Finnish Army ⓘ Red Army ⓘ
campaign	Soviet Karelian Isthmus offensive ⓘ
category	Battles involving Finland ⓘ Battles involving the Soviet Union ⓘ Battles of the Winter War ⓘ
combatant1	Finland ⓘ
combatant2	Soviet Union ⓘ
conflict	Winter War ⓘ
conflictType	land battle ⓘ
countryInvolved	Finland ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
defensiveLine	Mannerheim Line ⓘ
defensiveTactics	trench warfare ⓘ use of field fortifications ⓘ
endDate	1940-01-27 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Summa ⓘ surface form: Battle of Summa (1940)
front	Karelian Isthmus ⓘ surface form: Karelian Isthmus front
hasCause	Soviet demands on Finnish territory ⓘ
historicalRegion	Karelia ⓘ
location	Finland ⓘ Karelian Isthmus ⓘ Taipale ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved	Finnish infantry ⓘ Soviet artillery ⓘ Soviet infantry ⓘ
notableFor	heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ intense Soviet artillery bombardments ⓘ repeated Soviet infantry assaults ⓘ stubborn Finnish defense ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Front ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front of World War II Winter War ⓘ surface form: Soviet–Finnish hostilities of 1939–1940 defence of the Mannerheim Line ⓘ
precededBy	Winter War ⓘ surface form: Soviet invasion of Finland
result	Finnish defensive victory ⓘ Soviet offensive repulsed ⓘ
river	Taipale ⓘ surface form: Taipaleenjoki
significance	helped maintain Finnish defensive line on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
startDate	1939-12-06 ⓘ
strategicObjective	Soviet attempt to break Finnish lines on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
strategicOutcome	Finnish lines held ⓘ
theater	Northern Europe ⓘ
timePeriod	1939 ⓘ 1940 ⓘ World War II ⓘ
weatherConditions	severe cold ⓘ winter ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winter War → hasKeyBattle → Battle of Taipale ⓘ

Battle of Taipale → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Taipale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taipale sector fighting

Taipale → historicalEvent → Battle of Taipale ⓘ

Taipale sector → associatedWith → Battle of Taipale ⓘ

Taipaleenjoki river → knownFor → Battle of Taipale ⓘ