Finnish offensive of 1941

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campaign of the Continuation War military offensive

The Finnish offensive of 1941 was the initial large-scale advance by Finland against the Soviet Union during the Continuation War, aimed at regaining lost territories and pushing beyond pre-1940 borders.

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Label Occurrences
Finnish occupation 1941–1944 1
Finnish occupation of East Karelia 1
Finnish offensive of 1941 canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf campaign of the Continuation War ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
aim advance beyond the 1939 Finnish–Soviet border ⓘ
regain territories lost in the Winter War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Finnish advance of 1941 ⓘ
casualties thousands of killed and wounded on both sides ⓘ
chronologicalContext World War II ⓘ
coBelligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
commander Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim ⓘ
Erik Heinrichs ⓘ
Erik Oskar Enckell ⓘ
Hjalmar Siilasvuo ⓘ
conflict Continuation War ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
didNotCapture Leningrad ⓘ
Murmansk ⓘ
endedWith halt of major Finnish offensive operations in December 1941 ⓘ
endTime 1941-12-06 ⓘ
followedBy static trench warfare phase of the Continuation War ⓘ
frontLineReached Svir River ⓘ
old 1939 border north of Lake Ladoga ⓘ
positions near Leningrad ⓘ
hasCause Soviet–Finnish peace terms of 1940 ⓘ
Continuation War ⓘ
surface form: Winter War
location Karelia ⓘ
surface form: East Karelia

Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Ladoga Karelia ⓘ
Petsamo, Finland ⓘ
surface form: Petsamo sector
militaryFormationInvolved Finnish Air Force ⓘ
Finnish Army ⓘ
Finnish Navy ⓘ
militaryStrategy coordinated attacks along multiple fronts in Karelia ⓘ
opponent Red Army ⓘ
participant Finland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf Continuation War ⓘ
politicalObjective creation of a Greater Finland in East Karelia ⓘ
revision of the Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940 ⓘ
precededBy Soviet air raids on Finnish cities in June 1941 ⓘ
relatedOperation Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
result Finnish offensive of 1941 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Finnish occupation of East Karelia

Finnish recapture of territories lost in the Winter War ⓘ
stabilization of the front by December 1941 ⓘ
startTime 1941-06-29 ⓘ
supportedBy German Army ⓘ
surface form: German Army Norway

Luftwaffe ⓘ
theaterOfWar Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II

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

Continuation War → campaign → Finnish offensive of 1941 ⓘ
Finnish offensive of 1941 → result → Finnish offensive of 1941 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish occupation of East Karelia
East Karelia → historicalEvent → Finnish offensive of 1941 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish occupation 1941–1944