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Battle of Tienhaara

Battle of Tienhaara was a battle fought on 22 June 1944 at Karelian Isthmus, in what is now Russia. It was part of the Continuation War, which ran from 1941 to 1944. The recorded result: Finnish victory.

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Konekivääri on vedetty suojaan, josta se saadaan nopeasti tuliasemaan. Tienhaara 1944.06.25
Konekivääri on vedetty suojaan, josta se saadaan nopeasti tuliasemaan. Tienhaara 1944.06.25. Pauli Myllymäki / Suomen Armeija, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought22 June 1944
WhereKarelian Isthmus, Russia60.745N, 28.680E
OutcomeFinnish victory
BelligerentsFinlandagainstSoviet Union
Part ofContinuation War1941 to 1944

Where it sits in the Continuation War

Battle of Hanko, 1941Battle of Bengtskär, 1941Battle of Porlampi, 1941Battle of Suursaari, 1942Battles of Kiestinki, 1942Battle of Someri, 1942Battle of Tienhaara, 1944Battle of Tali-Ihantala, 1944Battle of Nietjärvi, 1944Battle of Ilomantsi, 1944Battle of Öykkösenvaara, 194419411944Battle of Tienhaara, 1944
11 placed engagements of the Continuation War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date22 June 1944
PlaceKarelian Isthmus, Russia
60.745N, 28.680E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Commanders
  • Karl Lennart Oesch
  • Alpo K. Marttinen
  • Mikhail Tikhonov
Battle of TienhaaraBattle of TienhaaraBattle of NaulasaariSiege of VyborgSiege of VyborgBattle of ViipuriBattle of Tali-IhantalaBattle of NaulasaariSt. PetersburgLahtiGatchinaLappeenrantaPorvooSavonlinnaMikkeliKouvola100 km60.745N, 28.680E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 1706 and 1944.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1944

Battle of Tienhaara is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2756240, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Tienhaara, revision 1370591061, 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.