battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Vyborg Bay
Battle of Vyborg Bay was a battle fought in 1940 in what is now Russia. It was part of the Winter War, which ran from 1939 to 1940. The recorded result: Ceasefire.
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Where it sits in the Winter War
Record
| Date | 1940 (year precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Russia 60.583N, 28.517E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Vyborg Bay 1790, same recorded site
- Battle of Vyborg Bay 1944, 0.9 km W
- Battle of Honkaniemi 1940, 16 km NE
- Battle of Naulasaari 1918, 18 km N
- Battle of Viipuri 1918, 19 km NE
Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1790 and 1944.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Raate Road 1 January 1940
- After: Second Battle of Summa January 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 Vyborg Bay 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 Q11154422, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Vyborg Bay (1940), revision 1370276603, 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.