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Battle of Vuosalmi

Battle of Vuosalmi was a battle fought in 1944 at Karelian Isthmus, in what is now Russia. It was part of Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive. The recorded result: Finnish victory.

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Light machine gun in positions in Vuosalmi, Karelian Isthmus July 1944
Light machine gun in positions in Vuosalmi, Karelian Isthmus July 1944. SA-kuva - Finnish Armed Forces, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date1944 (year precision)
PlaceKarelian Isthmus, Russia
60.718N, 29.575E
Part ofVyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive (1944)
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
ResultFinnish victory
Territorial changeSoviets seize a minor bridgehead on the left bank of the River Vuoksi
BelligerentsFinlandSoviet Union
CommandersHjalmar Siilasvuo; Armas-Eino Martola; Aarne BlickVasily Shvetsov; Georgy Anisimov; Ivan Fadeev (officer)
Strength30,000 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 losses795 killed; 4,976 wounded; 354 missing; 2 assault guns3,050 killed; 11,750 wounded; 250 missing; 22,700 (whole 23rd Army); 60 tanks
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Battle of Vuosalmi 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 Q2663546, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Vuosalmi, revision 1382479075, 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.