Finnish field army on the Karelian Isthmus

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The Finnish field army on the Karelian Isthmus was the main Finnish defensive force that held the crucial front against the Red Army during the Winter War of 1939–1940.

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Finnish field army on the Karelian Isthmus canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Finnish military unit ⓘ
field army ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
belligerentSide Finnish side in the Winter War ⓘ
commandStructure subordinate to Finnish General Headquarters ⓘ
conflict Winter War ⓘ
conflictPhase entire duration of the Winter War ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
endTime 1940-03-13 ⓘ
engagedIn counterattacks ⓘ
defensive operations ⓘ
delaying actions ⓘ
trench warfare ⓘ
frontHeld main front of the Winter War ⓘ
frontLength several hundred kilometers ⓘ
frontType land front ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Soviet–Finnish hostilities of 1939–1940 ⓘ
linked to: Winter War
historicalEra 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
World War II period ⓘ
linked to: World War II
languageOfCommand Finnish ⓘ
location Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
notableFor defense of the Mannerheim Line ⓘ
sustained resistance against numerically superior Soviet forces ⓘ
opponent Red Army ⓘ
opposedAdvanceToward Helsinki ⓘ
Viipuri ⓘ
partOf Finnish Army ⓘ
primaryMission hold the Mannerheim Line ⓘ
prevent Soviet breakthrough toward Viipuri and southern Finland ⓘ
primaryOpposingCountry Soviet Union ⓘ
result eventual withdrawal after Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940 ⓘ
role defense of Finland’s southeastern front ⓘ
main Finnish defensive force on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
startTime 1939-11-30 ⓘ
strategicImportance held the crucial front against the Red Army ⓘ
supportedBy Finnish Air Force ⓘ
Finnish coastal artillery ⓘ
linked to: Finnish Navy
theaterOfOperations Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
typeOfOperations mobile defense ⓘ
static defense ⓘ
usedTerrain forests ⓘ
fortified defensive lines ⓘ
lakes ⓘ
warObjective preserve Finnish territorial integrity on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ

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Soviet offensive of February 1940 → opposedBy → Finnish field army on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ