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.

Aliases (1)

Taipale sector fighting ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military engagement →
alsoKnownAs	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 (1940) →
front	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 of World War II → Soviet–Finnish hostilities of 1939–1940 → defence of the Mannerheim Line →
precededBy	Soviet invasion of Finland →
result	Finnish defensive victory → Soviet offensive repulsed →
river	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 (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Taipale ("Taipale sector fighting") →	alsoKnownAs
Winter War →	hasKeyBattle
Taipale →	historicalEvent