Battle of Vuosalmi

Battle of Vuosalmi
Part of Continuation War

Finnish soldier in the front line armed with a captured PPSh-41 submachine gun
DateJuly 4–17, 1944
Location
60°43′5″N 29°34′30″E / 60.71806°N 29.57500°E / 60.71806; 29.57500 (Battle of Vuosalmi)
Karelian Isthmus, Finland
Result Finnish victory[1]
Territorial
changes
Soviets seize a minor bridgehead on the left bank of the River Vuoksi
Belligerents
 Finland  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Hjalmar Siilasvuo
Armas-Eino Martola
Aarne Blick
Vasily Shvetsov
Georgy Anisimov
Ivan Fadeev
Strength
30,000 men
25 assault guns
250 field artillery pieces (21 battalions)
75,000–80,000 men
80–90 tanks or assault guns
450 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
795 killed
4,976 wounded
354 missing
2 assault guns
3,050 killed
11,750 wounded
250 missing
22,700 (whole 23rd Army)
60 tanks

The Battle of Vuosalmi (also known as the Battle of Äyräpää-Vuosalmi) – the main bulk of it – lasted from July 4 to July 17, 1944. It was fought during the Continuation War (1941–1944), a part of World War II, between Finland and the Soviet Union.

  1. ^ Jussila, Osmo; Hentilä, Seppo; Nevakivi, Jukka (1999). From Grand Duchy to a Modern State: A Political History of Finland Since 1809. Malaysia: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd; Rev and Updated ed. edition. p. 209. ISBN 1-85065-421-2.

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