Soviet offensive of February 1940

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battle of the Winter War military offensive

The Soviet offensive of February 1940 was a major Red Army assault during the final phase of the Winter War that broke through Finland’s Mannerheim Line on the Karelian Isthmus.

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Label	Occurrences
Soviet offensive of February 1940 canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the Winter War ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
aimedAt	forcing Finland to accept Soviet territorial demands ⓘ
belligerent	Finnish Army ⓘ Red Army ⓘ
characteristic	breaching of multiple Finnish defensive positions ⓘ heavy Soviet casualties ⓘ intense artillery preparation ⓘ
commander	Semyon Timoshenko ⓘ
conflict	Winter War ⓘ
consequence	Finnish request for peace negotiations ⓘ Moscow Peace Treaty ⓘ
context	Soviet–Finnish relations ⓘ surface form: Soviet–Finnish relations 1939–1940
countryInvolved	Finland ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
endDate	1940-03-13 ⓘ
followedBy	Moscow Peace Treaty negotiations ⓘ
front	Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ surface form: Leningrad Military District
historicalPeriod	World War II ⓘ surface form: World War II era
involvedForceStrength	several Soviet armies on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
location	Karelian Isthmus ⓘ Mannerheim Line ⓘ
militaryBranch	Soviet Ground Forces ⓘ surface form: Red Army ground forces
notableFor	final collapse of the Mannerheim Line defenses ⓘ shift from earlier Soviet frontal assault tactics to more concentrated breakthroughs ⓘ
objective	breakthrough of the Mannerheim Line ⓘ
opposedBy	Finnish field army on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
opposingCommander	Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim ⓘ
partOf	Soviet strategic plan to force Finnish capitulation ⓘ Winter War ⓘ
precededBy	Soviet offensive of December 1939 ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Summa ⓘ surface form: Battle of Summa (1940) Battle of Vyborg ⓘ surface form: Battle of Viipuri
result	Soviet breakthrough of Finnish main defensive line ⓘ Soviet tactical victory ⓘ strategic success for the Soviet Union ⓘ
scale	major offensive ⓘ
startDate	1940-02-01 ⓘ
target	Finnish main defensive sector on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
theatre	Karelian front ⓘ surface form: Karelian Isthmus front
timePeriod	final phase of the Winter War ⓘ
used	concentrated armor attacks ⓘ infantry assaults in depth ⓘ massive artillery bombardment ⓘ

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Mannerheim Line → significantEvent → Soviet offensive of February 1940 ⓘ