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451,500 soldiers (+5 new divisions were sent later to Karelian Isthmus) [2] 10,500 artillery pieces 800 tanks 1,600 aircraft [1] Casualties and losses; Karelian Isthmus: 9,300 deceased and 32,400 wounded (June 9 – July 15) 3,000 captured (all fronts) Karelian Front: 3,600 deceased and 12,100 wounded (June 9 – July 15). Based on database of ...
The Battle of Vyborg was a significant battle during the Finnish invasion of the Karelian Isthmus, part of the Continuation War. The battle took place from August 21 to September 1 where Finland aimed to recapture the city of Vyborg from Soviet control. The battle ended in the Finnish capture of Vyborg and surrounding areas.
This would enable the Finns to flank and surround Soviet forces defending on the western Karelian Isthmus. [7] Indeed, following the Soviet 23rd Army's withdrawal from Vyborg, [8] parts of IV Corps began to pursue them towards the pre-Winter War border. [9] Concurrently, the 8th Division conducted an amphibious landing to Lokhaniemi, south of ...
The situation on the western Karelian Isthmus continued to deteriorate, and on 16 June Mannerheim ordered the 18th Division to be moved to the Vyborg region to act as his reserve as soon as possible. Given the rapid Soviet advance to the west, the III Corps continued to be in danger of being cut off. [ 36 ]
Finnish defensive lines on the Karelian Isthmus. On 9 June 1944, Soviet forces began the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive by assaulting the positions of the Finnish IV Corps on the Karelian Isthmus. [16] By then end of 10 June, the Soviets had broken the Finnish main defensive positions and pushed the Finns to the secondary VT-line. [17]
Early in the war Finnish forces liberated the Karelian Isthmus. It had been ceded to the Soviet Union on 13 March 1940, in the Moscow Peace Treaty, which marked the end of the Winter War. Later, in the summer of 1944, the Soviet Union reconquered the southern part of the isthmus in the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
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The town lies on the Karelian Isthmus near the head of Vyborg Bay, 130 km (81 miles) northwest of St. Petersburg, 245 km (152 miles) east of the Finnish capital Helsinki, and 38 km (24 miles) south of Russia's border with Finland, where the Saimaa Canal enters the Gulf of Finland.