battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Kuhmo
Battle of Kuhmo was a battle fought on 4 January 1940 at Kuhmo, in what is now Finland; it lasted 3 days. It was part of the Winter War, which ran from 1939 to 1940. The recorded result: Stalemate.
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Where it sits in the Winter War
Record
| Date | 4 January 1940 to 7 January 1940 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Kuhmo, Finland 64.848N, 29.326E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Raate Road 1940, same recorded site
- Second Battle of Summa 1940, same recorded site
- Battle of Suomussalmi 1939, 21 km W
- Siege of Kajaani Castle 1716, 103 km SW
- Kiimasjärvi Expedition date unknown, 105 km SE
In the same war
- Before: Second Battle of Summa January 1940
- After: Battle of Honkaniemi 25 February 1940
- All 16 engagements of Winter War
Elsewhere in 1940
- Battle of Britain United Kingdom
- Battle of France Belgium
- Dunkirk evacuation France
- Battle of Dunkirk France
- German invasion of the Netherlands Netherlands
Battle of Kuhmo is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 108 in present-day Finland.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q751002, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kuhmo, revision 1382927535, 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.