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Battle of Salla

The Battle of Salla was fought between Finnish and Soviet troops near Salla in northern Finland during the Winter War. The Soviets had orders to advance through Salla to Kemijärvi and Sodankylä, and from there to Rovaniemi in just two weeks. From there they were to advance to Tornio and cut Finland in two. The Finnish troops managed to stop the Soviet advance just east of Kemijärvi.

Battle of Salla
Battle of Salla · Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive (sa-kuva.fi), CC0, Wikimedia Commons
When
30 Nov 1939 – 28 Feb 1940
Where
Salla
Era
Modern

Topics

Finland1510 – today

Before and after

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Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Salla (1939), CC BY-SA 4.0