The Battle of Raate Road (Finnish: Raatteen tien taistelu) was fought during the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland in January 1940, as a...
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chances of tactical errors. Rough weather also favoured comparatively-simple plans. Battle of Raate Road List of Finnish military equipment of World War...
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Alexei Vinogradov (category People of the Soviet invasion of Poland)
and the Winter War against the Finns. The unit perished in the Battle of Raate Road and Vinogradov was executed by the Soviet military for the failure....
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44th Rifle Division (category Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II)
ordered to help the 163rd Rifle Division break a Finnish siege on the Raate road as part of the Special Rifle Corps 9th Army, together with the 54th Rifle Division...
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Hjalmar Siilasvuo (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty)
destruction of the Soviet 44th Rifle Division, which was attempting to reinforce the 163rd Division, in the Battle of Raate Road. The defense of Siilasvuo's...
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Defeat in detail (section Weaknesses of defenders)
Cheyenne to annihilate half of the 7th Cavalry The Battle of Raate Road, in Finland (1940) The Battle of Savo Island, a naval battle fought on 8-9 August 1942...
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from League of Nations. 23 December 1939: Finns organized unsuccessful counterattack. 7 January 1940: Finns win the Battle of Raate road. 8 January 1940:...
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Suomussalmi (category Municipalities of Kainuu)
Suomussalmi, the most important ones being the Battle of Suomussalmi and the Battle of Raate Road. In these battles, Finnish forces defeated numerically superior...
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Winter War (redirect from Invasion of Finland)
The battles focused mainly on Taipale along the Karelian Isthmus, on Kollaa in Ladoga Karelia and on Raate Road in Kainuu, but there were also battles in...
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January 7 (redirect from 7th of January)
Winter War: Battle of Raate Road: The Finnish 9th Division finally defeat the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road. 1948 – Kentucky...
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