battle, notable, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Kollaa
Battle of Kollaa was a battle fought on 7 December 1939 at Kollaa, in what is now Russia. It was part of the Winter War, which ran from 1939 to 1940. The recorded result: Finnish victory.
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Record
| Date | 7 December 1939 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Kollaa, Russia 62.028N, 32.256E | |
| Part of | Winter War (1939 to 1940) | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Result | Finnish victory | |
| Belligerents | Finland | Soviet Union |
| Commanders | Woldemar Hägglund; Division: Lauri Tiainen; (Until 31 January); Antero Svensson; (From 1 February) | Ivan Khabarov; (Until 13 December); Grigori Shtern; (From 13 December); 56th Division: (December); M.S. Yevstigneyev; Corps: (February–March); 1st: Dmitri Kozlov; 14th : V.G. Vorontsov |
| Casualties and losses | 1,500 dead or wounded (estimate) | 8,000 dead or wounded |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Tolvajärvi 1939, 49 km
- Battle of Varolampi Pond 1939, 55 km
- Battle of Nietjärvi 1944, 61 km
- Battle of Värtsilä 1918, 83 km
- Battle of Ilomantsi 1944, 85 km
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Suomussalmi 7 December 1939
- After: Battle of Varolampi Pond 10 December 1939
- All 14 engagements of Winter War
Elsewhere in 1939
- Battles of Khalkhin Gol Mongolia
- Battle of the River Plate
- Battle of Westerplatte Poland
- Battle of the Bzura Poland
- Siege of Warsaw Poland
Battle of Kollaa is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 186 in present-day Russia.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q934266, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kollaa, revision 1379800469, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.