Battle of Kollaa

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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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Battle of Kollaa canonical 8
defense of Kollaa front 1

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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 Finnish–Soviet conflict ⓘ
linked to: Winter War
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 Kollaa ⓘ
linked to: Salla

Ladoga Karelia ⓘ
eastern Finland ⓘ
linked to: Karelia
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 and Ladoga Karelia theater ⓘ
linked to: Karelian Isthmus
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
World War II era ⓘ
war Winter War ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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 ⓘ
Kollaa River → notableBattle → Battle of Kollaa ⓘ
Vladimir Kurdyumov → conflict → Battle of Kollaa ⓘ
Finnish 13th Division → notableFor → defense of Kollaa front ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kollaa
North Karelian operations → relatedEvent → Battle of Kollaa ⓘ
1929 Kollaa → namedForEventContext → Battle of Kollaa ⓘ
subject linked to: asteroid 1929 Kollaa