Finnish Army

E1941

army land warfare branch

The Finnish Army is the land warfare branch of Finland’s Defence Forces, renowned for its determined resistance against the Soviet Union during the 1939–1940 Winter War.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Finnish Army canonical	90
Finnish forces	4
Army of Finland	2
Army Command Finland	1
Finnish Army Command	1
Finnish Army artillery units	1
Finnish Army ceremonies	1
Finnish Army during Winter War	1
Finnish Army high command	1
Finnish Defence Forces Army Command	1
Maavoimat	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army ⓘ land warfare branch ⓘ
allegiance	Finland ⓘ surface form: Republic of Finland
commanderInChief	President of Finland ⓘ
conflict	Continuation War ⓘ Lapland War ⓘ NATO-led crisis management operations ⓘ UN peacekeepers ⓘ surface form: United Nations peacekeeping missions Winter War ⓘ
country	Finland ⓘ
doctrine	dispersed operations in difficult terrain ⓘ territorial defence ⓘ
equipment	122 mm and 155 mm towed artillery ⓘ CV90 infantry fighting vehicle ⓘ K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzer ⓘ Leopard 2 main battle tank ⓘ Patria AMV armoured modular vehicle ⓘ anti-tank guided missiles ⓘ man-portable air-defence systems ⓘ multiple rocket launcher systems ⓘ
foundedAfter	Finnish Civil War ⓘ
garrisonCountry	Finland ⓘ
hasBranch	Armoured Brigade ⓘ Army Corps ⓘ Artillery units ⓘ Engineer units ⓘ Finnish Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Finnish Army Command Jaeger Brigades ⓘ Local units ⓘ Logistics units ⓘ Readiness Brigades ⓘ Signals units ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Helsinki ⓘ
memberOf	Finnish Defence Forces ⓘ
motto	Kunnia, velvollisuus, isänmaa ⓘ
nativeName	Finnish Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Maavoimat
notableFor	resistance against the Soviet Union in the Winter War ⓘ
participatesIn	European Union crisis management operations ⓘ NATO ⓘ surface form: NATO exercises
partOf	Finnish Defence Forces ⓘ
precededBy	Imperial Russian Army units in Finland ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Finnish ⓘ
reportsTo	Finnish Defence Forces ⓘ surface form: Defence Command Finland
role	land warfare ⓘ support to civil authorities in emergencies ⓘ territorial defence of Finland ⓘ
secondaryLanguage	Swedish ⓘ
serviceType	conscription ⓘ professional cadre ⓘ reservist force ⓘ
since	NATO membership of Finland in 2023 ⓘ
speciality	operations in forested terrain ⓘ winter warfare ⓘ
startTime	1918 ⓘ
trainingIncludes	reserve refresher exercises ⓘ winter survival ⓘ
usesConscription	yes ⓘ

Referenced by (104)

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

Winter War → involves → Finnish Army ⓘ

Finnish Army → nativeName → Finnish Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maavoimat

Finnish Army → hasBranch → Finnish Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish Army Command

Mannerheim Line → usedBy → Finnish Army ⓘ

Finnish Defence Forces → subdivision → Finnish Army ⓘ

Readiness Brigades → partOf → Finnish Army ⓘ

Readiness Brigades → militaryBranch → Finnish Army ⓘ

Readiness Brigades → operatedBy → Finnish Army ⓘ

Kunnia, velvollisuus, isänmaa → usedBy → Finnish Army ⓘ

Kunnia, velvollisuus, isänmaa → usedInContext → Finnish Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish Army ceremonies

Leopard 2 main battle tank → usedBy → Finnish Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Leopard 2

Jaeger Brigades → partOf → Finnish Army ⓘ

Jaeger Brigades → militaryBranch → Finnish Army ⓘ

CV90 infantry fighting vehicle → primaryUsers → Finnish Army ⓘ

subject surface form: CV90

Battle of Kollaa → belligerent → Finnish Army ⓘ

Battle of Taipale → belligerent → Finnish Army ⓘ

Siege of Leningrad → belligerent → Finnish Army ⓘ

Battle of Summa → opponent → Finnish Army ⓘ

Armoured Brigade → partOf → Finnish Army ⓘ

Armoured Brigade → militaryBranch → Finnish Army ⓘ

Lapland War → belligerent → Finnish Army ⓘ

Army Group North → collaborationWith → Finnish Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army of Finland

Axis forces on the Eastern Front → included → Finnish Army ⓘ

K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzer → usedBy → Finnish Army ⓘ

subject surface form: K9 Thunder

Marshal of Finland → militaryBranch → Finnish Army ⓘ

Carcano rifle → usedBy → Finnish Army ⓘ

163rd Rifle Division → opponent → Finnish Army ⓘ

Hjalmar Siilasvuo → militaryBranch → Finnish Army ⓘ

44th Rifle Division → opponent → Finnish Army ⓘ

9th Division (Finland) → partOf → Finnish Army ⓘ

9th Division (Finland) → branch → Finnish Army ⓘ

Kainuu front → belligerent → Finnish Army ⓘ

Battle of Raate Road → combatant → Finnish Army ⓘ

Soviet offensive of February 1940 → belligerent → Finnish Army ⓘ

Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces → usedBy → Finnish Army ⓘ

Memorial to the fallen of the Continuation War → memorializedGroup → Finnish Army ⓘ

Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command → cooperatesWith → Finnish Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish Defence Forces Army Command

Defence Command Finland → coordinatesWith → Finnish Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army Command Finland

Kollaa front → defendedBy → Finnish Army ⓘ

Kollaa front → hasCasualties → Finnish Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish forces

Simo Häyhä → militaryBranch → Finnish Army ⓘ

Aaro Pajari → militaryBranch → Finnish Army ⓘ

Eastern Front of the Winter War → opponent → Finnish Army ⓘ

StuG III assault gun → operator → Finnish Army ⓘ

subject surface form: StuG III

Taipale → defendingForce → Finnish Army ⓘ

Lapland Air Command → cooperatesWith → Finnish Army ⓘ

Wiljo Tuompo → militaryBranch → Finnish Army ⓘ

Summa, Karelian Isthmus → defendedBy → Finnish Army ⓘ

Finnish offensive of 1941 → militaryFormationInvolved → Finnish Army ⓘ

Soviet Karelian Isthmus offensive → belligerent → Finnish Army ⓘ