What the records say
- When
- 25 Feb 1940 – 27 Feb 1940
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 60.65° N, 28.78° E
- Description
- 1940 battle of the Winter War
- War
- World War II
Battle of Honkaniemi
Battle of the Winter War
The Battle of Honkaniemi was fought between Finnish and Soviet forces on 26 February 1940. This battle was notable for being fought by tanks, the only time they were used en masse in combat by Finnish forces in the Winter War.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Бой при Хонканиеми во время Советско-финляндской войны”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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