Battle of Suursaari

Battle of Suursaari
	Part of the Continuation War
	; Location of Gogland
Date	26 March – 2 April 1942 ; (1 week)
Location	Gogland in Gulf of Finland
Result	Finnish victory
Belligerents
Finland	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Aaro Pajari	Unknown
Strength
3,500; 67 aircraft	518
Casualties and losses
63 killed or missing; 109 wounded	300 killed; 36 captured (on the island)

The Battle of Suursaari was fought over the frozen Gulf of Finland on and around the islands of Gogland (Finnish: Suursaari) and Bolshoy Tyuters (Finnish: Suur-Tytärsaari) during the Second World War. After sharp fighting the numerically superior Finnish forces seized the Gogland and Bolshoy Tyuters, and later provided support for Nazi German forces defending Bolshoy Tyuters against Soviet counterattacks.

^ Häkkinen, Edvin, Ilmari (1986). Kannaksen kahlaajat – JR 6 Jatkosodassa [Waders of the Isthmus – 6th Infantry Regiment in the Continuation War] (in Finnish). Turku: Koteva Oy. p. 216. ISBN 951-99787-9-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[häkkinen-216-1] Häkkinen, Edvin, Ilmari (1986). Kannaksen kahlaajat – JR 6 Jatkosodassa [Waders of the Isthmus – 6th Infantry Regiment in the Continuation War] (in Finnish). Turku: Koteva Oy. p. 216. ISBN 951-99787-9-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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