Battle of Tali–Ihantala

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World War II battle battle military engagement

The Battle of Tali–Ihantala was a major World War II engagement on the Karelian Isthmus in 1944, where Finnish forces halted a large Soviet offensive during the Continuation War.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Tali–Ihantala canonical	4

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
belligerent	Finnish Army ⓘ Red Army ⓘ surface form: Soviet Red Army
casualtiesFinnishApprox	about 8,500 ⓘ
casualtiesSovietApprox	tens of thousands ⓘ
commanderFinnish	Erik Heinrichs ⓘ Karl Lennart Oesch ⓘ
commanderSoviet	Dmitry Gusev NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonid Govorov NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedOn	annual remembrance events in Finland ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Finland ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
dateEnd	1944-07-09 ⓘ
dateStart	1944-06-25 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Vuosalmi ⓘ
front	Karelian front ⓘ surface form: Karelian Front
location	Karelian Isthmus ⓘ near Ihantala ⓘ near Tali ⓘ
memorial	Tali–Ihantala memorial in Finland ⓘ
notableUnitFinnish	Finnish Armoured Division ⓘ Finnish IV Corps ⓘ
notableUnitSoviet	21st Army ⓘ 23rd Army ⓘ
objectiveFinnish	halt Soviet offensive ⓘ preserve Finnish independence ⓘ
objectiveSoviet	advance toward Finnish heartland ⓘ break Finnish lines on Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
partOf	Continuation War ⓘ Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Vyborg ⓘ
result	Finnish defensive victory ⓘ Soviet offensive halted ⓘ
scale	largest battle in Nordic history ⓘ
strategicOutcome	Finnish front stabilized on Karelian Isthmus ⓘ enabled Finland to negotiate separate peace with Soviet Union ⓘ
supportedBy	Germany ⓘ
supportedByUnit	German 303rd Assault Gun Brigade ⓘ German Luftwaffe air units ⓘ
usedTactic	close air support ⓘ concentrated artillery fire ⓘ defense-in-depth ⓘ
usedWeapon	aircraft ⓘ anti-tank guns ⓘ artillery ⓘ tanks ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Hjalmar Siilasvuo → notableBattle → Battle of Tali–Ihantala ⓘ

Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive → includesBattle → Battle of Tali–Ihantala ⓘ

Ryti–Ribbentrop Agreement → relatedEvent → Battle of Tali–Ihantala ⓘ

Battle of Nietjärvi → relatedTo → Battle of Tali–Ihantala ⓘ