Battle of Kollaa

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Kollaa was a notable engagement of the Winter War in which vastly outnumbered Finnish forces successfully held defensive positions against repeated Soviet assaults in eastern Finland.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Kollaa canonical	5
defense of Kollaa front	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
associatedPerson	Simo Häyhä ⓘ
associatedWith	Kollaa River ⓘ Kollaa front ⓘ
belligerent	Finnish Army ⓘ Red Army ⓘ
commanderFinnish	Aaro Pajari ⓘ Wiljo Tuompo ⓘ
commanderSoviet	Vladimir Kurdyumov ⓘ
conflict	Winter War ⓘ
conflictType	Winter War ⓘ surface form: Finnish–Soviet conflict
countryInvolved	Finland ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
dateContext	fought during the entire duration of the Winter War armistice negotiations ⓘ
endDate	1940-03-13 ⓘ
endedWith	Moscow Peace Treaty ⓘ
followedBy	Soviet focus on other sectors before war’s end ⓘ
frontType	defensive battle ⓘ
hasMemorial	Kollaa memorial in Finland ⓘ
legacy	frequently cited example of successful defensive warfare ⓘ important part of Finnish military tradition ⓘ
location	Salla ⓘ surface form: Kollaa Ladoga Karelia ⓘ Karelia ⓘ surface form: eastern Finland
notableAspect	extensive use of snipers by Finnish forces ⓘ harsh winter conditions ⓘ heavy Soviet numerical and material superiority ⓘ
notableFor	effective use of small-unit tactics and field fortifications ⓘ outnumbered Finnish forces holding against repeated Soviet assaults ⓘ symbol of Finnish resistance in the Winter War ⓘ
outcome	Soviet offensive halted on Kollaa front ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Front of the Winter War ⓘ
partOfCampaign	Finnish delaying actions in Ladoga Karelia ⓘ
precededBy	initial Soviet offensive in Ladoga Karelia ⓘ
result	Finnish defensive victory ⓘ Finnish forces hold the line ⓘ
slogan	"Kollaa kestää" ⓘ
sloganMeaning	"Kollaa will hold" ⓘ
startDate	1939-12-07 ⓘ
strategicObjectiveFinnish	prevent Soviet breakthrough and protect key routes ⓘ
strategicObjectiveSoviet	break through Finnish lines toward the interior of Finland ⓘ
theater	Karelian Isthmus ⓘ surface form: Karelian Isthmus and Ladoga Karelia theater
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ World War II era ⓘ
war	Winter War ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Winter War → hasKeyBattle → Battle of Kollaa ⓘ

Eastern Front of the Winter War → hasPart → Battle of Kollaa ⓘ

Eastern Front of the Winter War → notableEngagement → Battle of Kollaa ⓘ

Kollaa River → notableBattle → Battle of Kollaa ⓘ

Vladimir Kurdyumov → conflict → Battle of Kollaa ⓘ

Finnish 13th Division → notableFor → Battle of Kollaa ⓘ

this entity surface form: defense of Kollaa front