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Battles in Vyborg Bay started on 30 June with the Soviet 224th Rifle Division's attempt to capture the islands of Teikari and Melansaari. The 3rd Battalion of the 224th's 185th Rifle Regiment landed on Teikari from ships of the Kronstadt Naval Defense Region late in the evening on 30 June, after a fifty-kilometer foot march that exhausted the ...
With these figures Red Army material advantage was about 1:20 at mid June 1944 (armour and aircraft). [11] The offensive continued on June 25, when the Red Army breached the VKT-line at Tali, between the Vyborg Bay and the Vuoksi river.
Battle of Vyborg Bay (1790), between Russia and Sweden during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–90) Battle of Vyborg (1918), when Vyborg was captured by the Whites from the Reds during the Finnish Civil War; Battle of Vyborg Bay (1940) Battle of Vyborg Bay (1944), between the Soviet Union and Finland during World War II
During the summer offensive in 1944 that drove Finland out of the war, the 224th, now in 59th Army, played a leading role in amphibious landings on several islands in Vyborg Bay. Following this, it remained facing Finland as part of 23rd Army until the end of the war. Late in 1945 it was moved to the Ivanovo Oblast and was disbanded in April 1946.
Finnish troops arriving at Ravansaari (Maly Vysotsky Island) by boat, 4 July 1944. Starting from 22 June, the Soviet Leningrad Front planned for the 59th Army to enter Finland proper via an amphibious operation over the Vyborg Bay. [27]
At the beginning of June the army was relocated to the Karelian Isthmus and during the Vyborg offensive (10 to 20 June) elements of the 59th Army, in cooperation with the Baltic Fleet, conducted a landing operation and cleared islands in Vyborg Bay from Finnish troops.
The Monrepos Park is considered a jewel of the bay and a major draw for tourists. Since the mid-19th century, the bay has been connected by the Saimaa Canal to the lake Saimaa in Finland . In 1790, the bay was the scene of one of the largest naval battles in history , the Battle of Vyborg Bay , with a total of 498 Russian and Swedish ships.
Black Sea campaigns (1941–1944) Barents Sea submarine campaign (1941) Action off Bastia; Battle of the Barents Sea; Battle of the Bay of Biscay; Operation Berlin (Atlantic) Last battle of Bismarck; Black May (1943)