Soviet offensive of February 1940

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The Soviet offensive of February 1940 was a major Red Army assault during the final phase of the Winter War that broke through Finland’s Mannerheim Line on the Karelian Isthmus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Winter War ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
aimedAt forcing Finland to accept Soviet territorial demands ⓘ
belligerent Finnish Army ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
characteristic breaching of multiple Finnish defensive positions ⓘ
heavy Soviet casualties ⓘ
intense artillery preparation ⓘ
commander Semyon Timoshenko ⓘ
conflict Winter War ⓘ
consequence Finnish request for peace negotiations ⓘ
Moscow Peace Treaty ⓘ
context Soviet–Finnish relations 1939–1940 ⓘ
countryInvolved Finland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
endDate 1940-03-13 ⓘ
followedBy Moscow Peace Treaty negotiations ⓘ
front Leningrad Military District ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II era ⓘ
linked to: World War II
involvedForceStrength several Soviet armies on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
location Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Mannerheim Line ⓘ
militaryBranch Red Army ground forces ⓘ
notableFor final collapse of the Mannerheim Line defenses ⓘ
shift from earlier Soviet frontal assault tactics to more concentrated breakthroughs ⓘ
objective breakthrough of the Mannerheim Line ⓘ
opposedBy Finnish field army on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
opposingCommander Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim ⓘ
partOf Soviet strategic plan to force Finnish capitulation ⓘ
Winter War ⓘ
precededBy Soviet offensive of December 1939 ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Summa (1940) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Summa

Battle of Viipuri ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Vyborg
result Soviet breakthrough of Finnish main defensive line ⓘ
Soviet tactical victory ⓘ
strategic success for the Soviet Union ⓘ
scale major offensive ⓘ
startDate 1940-02-01 ⓘ
target Finnish main defensive sector on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
theatre Karelian Isthmus front ⓘ
linked to: Karelian front
timePeriod final phase of the Winter War ⓘ
used concentrated armor attacks ⓘ
infantry assaults in depth ⓘ
massive artillery bombardment ⓘ

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Mannerheim Line → significantEvent → Soviet offensive of February 1940 ⓘ