| VI Corps | |
|---|---|
| VI Armeijakunta | |
| Active | 1941–1944 |
| Country |  Finland |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Corps |
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The VI Corps (Finnish: VI Armeijakunta) was a corps of the Finnish Army during the Continuation War of 1941 to 1944, where the Finnish Army fought alongside Germans against the Soviet Union. The unit was formed during a reorganization of other Finnish army corps on 29 June 1941, prior to the start of Finnish offensive operations on the night of 9–10 July.
Participating in the Finnish invasions of Ladoga Karelia and East Karelia, the corps attacked east over the Finno-Soviet border north of Lake Yanisyarvi before turning south towards Lake Ladoga. It reached the shore of Lake Ladoga in Koirinoja on 15 July, splitting in half and encircling parts of the Soviet 7th Army. The corps then continued its advance along the eastern shore of Lake Ladoga, taking Vitele and Olonets before reaching the River Svir. By the end of August 1941, VI corps was in charge of the whole Svir sector, including a bridgehead that would eventually reach a width of 100 kilometres (62 mi) and a depth of 20 kilometres (12 mi). Following a series of Soviet counter-attacks that ceased in April 1942, the corps settled in for stationary warfare.
VI Corps was on Svir sector when the Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive began on 21 June 1944. During this offensive, its commander, General Aarne Blick, ordered an unsanctioned retreat following a Soviet landing behind the corps, which resulted in his replacement by General Armas-Eino Martola. Following the signing of The Moscow Armistice on 19 September 1944, the corps was demobilized with the rest of the Finnish Army by 4 December 1944.
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