Finnish invasion of Ladoga Karelia

Finnish invasion of Ladoga Karelia
Part of the Continuation War and Eastern Front
Finnish soldiers crossing the 1940-agreed border into the Soviet Union during the invasion
Date July – August 1941 Location Ladoga Karelia, Soviet Union Result Finnish victory
Belligerents
Finland  Germany	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Erik Heinrichs Paavo Talvela	Filipp Gorelenko
Units involved
Army of Karelia	7th Army

The Finnish invasion of Ladoga Karelia was a military campaign carried out by Finland in 1941. It was part of what is commonly referred to as the Continuation War. Early in the war Finnish forces liberated the Ladoga Karelia. 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 eastern part of Ladoga Karelia in the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.