Battle of Vyborg Bay

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World War II battle naval battle

The Battle of Vyborg Bay was a World War II naval and coastal engagement in June 1944 between Soviet and Finnish-German forces in the Gulf of Finland, fought as part of the broader Soviet offensive against Finland.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle in Vyborg Bay (1944)	1
Battle of Vyborg Bay canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Vyborg Bay ⓘ surface form: Battle in Vyborg Bay (1944)
belligerent	Finnish Navy ⓘ Kriegsmarine ⓘ surface form: German Kriegsmarine Soviet naval infantry ⓘ surface form: Red Army coastal forces Soviet Navy ⓘ
combatantSide	Allies of World War II ⓘ Axis powers ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
conflictType	naval and coastal operation ⓘ
countryInvolved	Finland ⓘ Germany ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
date	June 1944 ⓘ
defensiveLine	Finnish coastal and island defenses in Vyborg Bay ⓘ
endDate	1944-07-10 ⓘ
followedBy	later stages of Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive ⓘ
front	Finnish front ⓘ
involves	air support ⓘ amphibious landings ⓘ coastal artillery ⓘ gunboats ⓘ minesweeping operations ⓘ motor torpedo boats ⓘ patrol boats ⓘ
location	Gulf of Finland ⓘ Vyborg Bay ⓘ near Vyborg ⓘ
notableFeature	fighting around islands in Vyborg Bay ⓘ heavy use of minefields in the Gulf of Finland ⓘ
objective	Soviet attempt to land troops on islands and shores of Vyborg Bay ⓘ Soviet attempt to outflank Finnish defenses north of Vyborg ⓘ
partOf	Continuation War ⓘ Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive ⓘ
precededBy	Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive ⓘ surface form: Battle of Vyborg (1944)
relatedEvent	Soviet summer offensive of 1944 ⓘ
result	strategic Soviet success in overall offensive ⓘ tactical Finnish-German defensive success ⓘ
startDate	1944-06-30 ⓘ
strategicContext	Soviet attempt to force Finland out of the war ⓘ
theater	Baltic Sea theatre of World War I ⓘ surface form: Baltic Sea theater Eastern Front ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	coastal engagement ⓘ naval engagement ⓘ

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

Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive → includesBattle → Battle of Vyborg Bay ⓘ

Battle of Vyborg Bay → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Vyborg Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle in Vyborg Bay (1944)