Battle of Tienhaara

Battle of Tienhaara
Part of the Continuation War

Finnish machine gunners at Tienhaara, June 25, 1944
DateJune 22, 1944
Location
Result Finnish victory
Belligerents
 Finland  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Karl Lennart Oesch
Alpo Marttinen
Dmitry Gusev
Mikhail Tikhonov

The Battle of Tienhaara was a part of Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union fought north of Viipuri on June 22, 1944, after the Red Army had captured Viipuri. Having lost Viipuri Finns concentrated their defense to the Tienhaara region which offered favourable area for defense with nearby waterway cutting the already narrow battlefield into several islands.