Battle of Taipale

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The Battle of Taipale was a major World War II engagement on the Karelian Isthmus in which Finnish forces successfully resisted repeated Soviet assaults during the Winter War.

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Battle of Taipale canonical 4
Taipale sector fighting 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Taipale sector fighting ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Taipale
belligerent Finnish Army ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
campaign Soviet Karelian Isthmus offensive ⓘ
category Battles involving Finland ⓘ
Battles involving the Soviet Union ⓘ
Battles of the Winter War ⓘ
combatant1 Finland ⓘ
combatant2 Soviet Union ⓘ
conflict Winter War ⓘ
conflictType land battle ⓘ
countryInvolved Finland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
defensiveLine Mannerheim Line ⓘ
defensiveTactics trench warfare ⓘ
use of field fortifications ⓘ
endDate 1940-01-27 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Summa (1940) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Summa
front Karelian Isthmus front ⓘ
linked to: Karelian Isthmus
hasCause Soviet demands on Finnish territory ⓘ
historicalRegion Karelia ⓘ
location Finland ⓘ
Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Taipale ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved Finnish infantry ⓘ
Soviet artillery ⓘ
Soviet infantry ⓘ
notableFor heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
intense Soviet artillery bombardments ⓘ
repeated Soviet infantry assaults ⓘ
stubborn Finnish defense ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front

Soviet–Finnish hostilities of 1939–1940 ⓘ
linked to: Winter War

defence of the Mannerheim Line ⓘ
precededBy Soviet invasion of Finland ⓘ
linked to: Winter War
result Finnish defensive victory ⓘ
Soviet offensive repulsed ⓘ
river Taipaleenjoki ⓘ
linked to: Taipale
significance helped maintain Finnish defensive line on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
startDate 1939-12-06 ⓘ
strategicObjective Soviet attempt to break Finnish lines on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
strategicOutcome Finnish lines held ⓘ
theater Northern Europe ⓘ
timePeriod 1939 ⓘ
1940 ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
weatherConditions severe cold ⓘ
winter ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Winter War → hasKeyBattle → Battle of Taipale ⓘ
Battle of Taipale → alsoKnownAs → Taipale sector fighting ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Taipale
Taipale → historicalEvent → Battle of Taipale ⓘ
Taipale sector → associatedWith → Battle of Taipale ⓘ
Taipaleenjoki river → knownFor → Battle of Taipale ⓘ