Finnish invasion of Ladoga Karelia

Finnish invasion of Ladoga Karelia
Part of the Continuation War and Eastern Front

Finnish soldiers crossing the 1940-agreed border into the Soviet Union during the invasion
DateJuly – August 1941
Location
Result Finnish victory
Belligerents
 Finland
 Germany
 Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Erik Heinrichs
Paavo Talvela
Filipp Gorelenko
Units involved
Army of Karelia 7th Army

The Finnish invasion of Ladoga Karelia was a military campaign carried out by Finland in 1941. It was part of what is commonly referred to as the Continuation War. Early in the war Finnish forces liberated the Ladoga Karelia. It had been ceded to the Soviet Union on 13 March 1940, in the Moscow Peace Treaty, which marked the end of the Winter War. Later, in the summer of 1944, the Soviet Union reconquered the eastern part of Ladoga Karelia in the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.