Soviet Karelian Isthmus offensive
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The Soviet Karelian Isthmus offensive was a major Red Army campaign during the Winter War (1939–1940) aimed at breaking through Finnish defenses on the Karelian Isthmus and forcing Finland to cede territory to the Soviet Union.
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| Soviet strategic offensive operations in the Winter War | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
campaign
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military offensive ⓘ |
| armedForce | Red Army ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Finnish Army
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Red Army ⓘ |
| combatant |
Finland
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| conflict | Winter War ⓘ |
| conflictType | border war offensive ⓘ |
| consequence |
Soviet occupation of parts of the Karelian Isthmus
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evacuation of Finnish civilian population from ceded areas ⓘ |
| country |
Finland
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| endTime | March 1940 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Moscow Peace Treaty ⓘ |
| front | Karelian front ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext | Soviet–Finnish relations before Operation Barbarossa ⓘ |
| goal |
break through Finnish defenses on the Karelian Isthmus
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force Finland to cede territory to the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | World War II era ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | decisive phase of the Winter War ⓘ |
| location |
Finland
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Karelian Isthmus ⓘ Soviet–Finnish border ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | Karelian Isthmus ⓘ |
| natureOfAction | large-scale ground offensive ⓘ |
| objective | capture key Finnish defensive positions on the Mannerheim Line ⓘ |
| opponent |
Finnish Army
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Finnish Defence Forces ⓘ |
| outcome |
Finland lost parts of Karelia to the Soviet Union
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Finland retained independence ⓘ |
| participant |
Finland
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| partOf |
Soviet Karelian Isthmus offensive
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Soviet strategic offensive operations in the Winter War
Winter War ⓘ |
| precededBy | initial Soviet attacks on the Mannerheim Line ⓘ |
| reason |
Soviet demand for territorial adjustments from Finland
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Soviet strategic interest in securing Leningrad ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Mannerheim Line
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Moscow Peace Treaty ⓘ
surface form:
Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940
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| result |
Finnish defensive lines breached
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Soviet victory ⓘ territorial concessions by Finland ⓘ |
| startTime | February 1940 ⓘ |
| temporalContext | 1939–1940 ⓘ |
| treatyConsequence | Moscow Peace Treaty territorial changes ⓘ |
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