Battle of Summa

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Summa was a major World War II engagement during the Winter War in which Finnish forces mounted a key defense against the Soviet Red Army along the Mannerheim Line in December 1939–February 1940.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Battle of Summa (1940) 3
Battle of Summa (1939) 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent Finland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
conflict Winter War ⓘ
conflictType land battle ⓘ
countryInvolved Finland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
endTime 1940-02 ⓘ
front Mannerheim Line ⓘ
hasParticipant Finland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
historicalEra Winter War ⓘ
surface form: Winter War period

World War II ⓘ
involves armored units ⓘ
artillery combat ⓘ
fortified defensive positions ⓘ
infantry operations ⓘ
location Mannerheim Line ⓘ
Summa, Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
notableFor Finnish defensive operations ⓘ
Soviet attempts to break the Mannerheim Line ⓘ
opponent Finnish Army ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II

Winter War ⓘ
startTime 1939-12 ⓘ
strategicRole defense of the Mannerheim Line ⓘ
timePeriod December 1939 – February 1940 ⓘ
warTheater Karelian Isthmus ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Summa, Karelian Isthmus → battle → Battle of Summa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Summa (1939)
Summa, Karelian Isthmus → battle → Battle of Summa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Summa (1940)
Battle of Taipale → followedBy → Battle of Summa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Summa (1940)
Winter War → hasKeyBattle → Battle of Summa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Summa (1940)