Karelian front

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The Karelian Front was a major Soviet Army formation in World War II responsible for conducting operations in the northern sector against Finnish and German forces in the Karelian and Arctic regions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet front
World War II military unit
military formation
areaOfOperations Arctic region
Karelia
northern sector of the Eastern Front
commander Andrei Yeremenko NERFINISHED
Fyodor Tolbukhin
surface form: Feodosy Tolbukhin

Kirill Meretskov
conflict World War II
country Soviet Union
dateFormed 1941-08-23
disbanded 1945-11-15
engagedIn Continuation War
Lapland War
formedFrom Northern Front (Soviet Union)
surface form: Northern Front
frontLineLength over 1600 kilometers
headquartersLocation White Sea Karelia
surface form: Belomorsk

Petrozavodsk, Russia
surface form: Petrozavodsk
languageOfName Russian
nativeName Karelian front self-linksurface differs
surface form: Карельский фронт
notableOperation Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive
Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive
surface form: Svir–Petrozavodsk Offensive

Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive
surface form: Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive
notableResult advance into northern Norway
capture of Petsamo
liberation of Karelia from Finnish occupation
liberation of Petrozavodsk
opponent Finland
Germany
partOf Red Army
subordinateUnit 14th Army
19th Army
26th Army
32nd Army
7th Air Army
7th Army
Northern Flotilla
surface form: Kola Flotilla
supportedBy Northern Fleet
task defense of the Murmansk railway
offensive operations against Finnish forces
offensive operations against German forces
protection of Arctic sea communications
theater Eastern Front

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163rd Rifle Division front Karelian front
Finnish Karelians historicalEvent Karelian front
this entity surface form: Karelian evacuations during World War II
Battle of Raate Road front Karelian front
Soviet offensive of February 1940 theatre Karelian front
this entity surface form: Karelian Isthmus front
Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) cooperatedWith Karelian front
this entity surface form: Karelian Front
Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive front Karelian front
this entity surface form: Karelian Front
Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive involves Karelian front
this entity surface form: Soviet Karelian Front
Karelian front nativeName Karelian front self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Karelian Front
this entity surface form: Карельский фронт
III Corps (Finland) theaterOfOperations Karelian front
this entity surface form: Karelian Front
Battle of Tali–Ihantala front Karelian front
this entity surface form: Karelian Front
White Death associatedTheaterOfWar Karelian front
Ilomantsi sector partOf Karelian front
this entity surface form: Finnish front
Northern Front (Soviet Union) subsequentEntity Karelian front
this entity surface form: Karelian Front
Finnish 13th Division theater Karelian front
Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive conductedBy Karelian front
this entity surface form: Karelian Front
Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive relatedTo Karelian front
this entity surface form: Murmansk front
Northern Front of World War II hasPart Karelian front
this entity surface form: Murmansk front
Commander of the Karelian Front appliesToJurisdiction Karelian front
this entity surface form: Karelian Front
Commander of the Karelian Front commandedUnits Karelian front
this entity surface form: armies of the Karelian Front
7th Army frontAssignment Karelian front
this entity surface form: Karelian Front
Finnish Karelian Army operatedOnFront Karelian front
Finnish Karelian Army front Karelian front