Finnish field army on the Karelian Isthmus
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The Finnish field army on the Karelian Isthmus was the main Finnish defensive force that held the crucial front against the Red Army during the Winter War of 1939–1940.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Finnish field army on the Karelian Isthmus canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Finnish military unit
ⓘ
field army ⓘ military formation ⓘ |
| belligerentSide |
Karelian front of the Winter War
ⓘ
surface form:
Finnish side in the Winter War
|
| commandStructure | subordinate to Finnish General Headquarters ⓘ |
| conflict | Winter War ⓘ |
| conflictPhase | entire duration of the Winter War ⓘ |
| country | Finland ⓘ |
| endTime | 1940-03-13 ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
counterattacks
ⓘ
defensive operations ⓘ delaying actions ⓘ trench warfare ⓘ |
| frontHeld | main front of the Winter War ⓘ |
| frontLength | several hundred kilometers ⓘ |
| frontType | land front ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext |
Winter War
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet–Finnish hostilities of 1939–1940
|
| historicalEra |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ World War II ⓘ
surface form:
World War II period
|
| languageOfCommand | Finnish ⓘ |
| location | Karelian Isthmus ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defense of the Mannerheim Line
ⓘ
sustained resistance against numerically superior Soviet forces ⓘ |
| opponent | Red Army ⓘ |
| opposedAdvanceToward |
Helsinki
ⓘ
Viipuri ⓘ |
| partOf | Finnish Army ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
hold the Mannerheim Line
ⓘ
prevent Soviet breakthrough toward Viipuri and southern Finland ⓘ |
| primaryOpposingCountry | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| result | eventual withdrawal after Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940 ⓘ |
| role |
defense of Finland’s southeastern front
ⓘ
main Finnish defensive force on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ |
| startTime | 1939-11-30 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | held the crucial front against the Red Army ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Finnish Air Force
ⓘ
Finnish Navy ⓘ
surface form:
Finnish coastal artillery
|
| theaterOfOperations | Karelian Isthmus ⓘ |
| typeOfOperations |
mobile defense
ⓘ
static defense ⓘ |
| usedTerrain |
forests
ⓘ
fortified defensive lines ⓘ lakes ⓘ |
| warObjective | preserve Finnish territorial integrity on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ |
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