Battle of Vyborg Bay (1944)

Battle of Vyborg Bay
Part of the Continuation War

Finnish medics give first aid to a soldier wounded in the battle
Date30 June – 10 July 1944
Location60°35′N 28°30′E / 60.583°N 28.500°E / 60.583; 28.500
Result

Finnish/German defensive victory[1]

Minor Soviet strategic victory
Territorial
changes
Soviets capture the main Viborg Bay islands
Belligerents
Soviet Union Soviet Union  Finland
 Germany
Commanders and leaders
Leonid Govorov
Soviet Union Vladimir Tributs
Pekka Enkainen
Hero Breusing
Units involved

59th Army

  • 43rd Corps
    • 124th Rifle Division
    • 224th Rifle Division

Soviet Union Baltic Fleet

  • 260th Marine Regiment

Finland V Corps

Finland Finnish Navy

The Battle of Vyborg Bay (Finnish: Viipurinlahden taistelu) was fought in the Finnish-Soviet Continuation War (1941–1944).

  1. ^ Lunde (2011) p. 307