Battle of Tienhaara
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.
| Battle of Tienhaara | |||||||
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| Part of the Continuation War | |||||||
Finnish machine gunners at Tienhaara, June 25, 1944 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Finland | Soviet Union | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Karl Lennart Oesch Alpo Marttinen |
Dmitry Gusev Mikhail Tikhonov | ||||||
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