Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive

When

10 Jun 1944 – 9 Aug 1944

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

61.78° N, 34.35° E

Description

1944 military operation

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1944 Soviet military offensive against Finland during the Continuation War

The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive or Karelian offensive was a strategic operation by the Soviet Leningrad and Karelian Fronts against Finland on the Karelian Isthmus and East Karelia fronts of the Continuation War, on the Eastern Front of World War II. The Soviet forces captured East Karelia and Vyborg/Viipuri. After that, however, the fighting reached a stalemate.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin launches the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive against Finland, with the intent of defeating Finland before pushing for Berlin”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die sowjetische Wiborg-Petrosawodsker Operation gegen die finnische Armee beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Советские войска Карельского фронта при поддержке десанта Онежской военной флотилии в ходе Выборгско-Петрозаводской операции освободили столицу Карело-Финской…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page