Battle of Vuosalmi

Battle of Vuosalmi
Part of Continuation War

Finnish soldier in the front line armed with a captured PPSh-41 submachine gun
DateJuly 4–17, 1944
Location
60°43′5″N 29°34′30″E / 60.71806°N 29.57500°E / 60.71806; 29.57500 (Battle of Vuosalmi)
Karelian Isthmus, Finland
Result Finnish victory[1]
Territorial
changes
Soviets seize a minor bridgehead on the left bank of the River Vuoksi
Belligerents
 Finland  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Karl Lennart Oesch
Hjalmar Siilasvuo

Armas-Eino Martola
Aarne Blick
Leonid Govorov
Vasily Shvetsov

Georgy Anisimov [ru]
Ivan Fadeev [ru]
Strength
30,000 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 losses
795 killed
4,976 wounded
354 missing
2 assault guns
3,050 killed
11,750 wounded
250 missing
22,700 (whole 23rd Army)
60 tanks

The Battle of Vuosalmi (also known as the Battle of Äyräpää-Vuosalmi) – the main bulk of it – lasted from July 4 to July 17, 1944. It was fought during the Continuation War (1941–1944), a part of World War II, between Finland and the Soviet Union.

  1. ^ Jussila, Osmo; Hentilä, Seppo; Nevakivi, Jukka (1999). From Grand Duchy to a Modern State: A Political History of Finland Since 1809. Malaysia: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd; Rev and Updated ed. edition. p. 209. ISBN 1-85065-421-2.