Finnish offensive of 1941

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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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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 ⓘ
Winter War ⓘ
linked to: Continuation War
location East Karelia ⓘ
linked to: Karelia

Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Ladoga Karelia ⓘ
Petsamo sector ⓘ
linked to: Petsamo, Finland
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 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 Norway ⓘ
linked to: German Army

Luftwaffe ⓘ
theaterOfWar Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front

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Continuation War → campaign → Finnish offensive of 1941 ⓘ
Finnish offensive of 1941 → result → Finnish occupation of East Karelia ⓘ
linked to: Finnish offensive of 1941
East Karelia → historicalEvent → Finnish occupation 1941–1944 ⓘ
linked to: Finnish offensive of 1941
Finnish–Soviet front in World War II → includesCampaign → Finnish 1941 offensive in Karelia ⓘ
linked to: Finnish offensive of 1941