Battle of Taipale

The Battle of Taipale was a series of battles fought during the Winter War between Finland and Soviet Union from December 6th to 27th 1939. The battles were part of a Soviet campaign to overtake the Finnish Mannerheim Line of defence in the Karelian Isthmus region to open a route to Southern Finland. Despite their superiority in numbers the Soviet forces were unable to break through the Finnish defences.

Memorial near Solovyovo (Taipale)
Battle of Taipale
Part of the Winter War
Date6 December 1939 (1939-12-06) – 27 December 1939 (1939-12-27)
Location
Metsäpirtti, Karelian Isthmus
Result Finnish victory
Belligerents
 Finland  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Viljo Kauppila Vladimir Grendal[lower-alpha 1]
Units involved
10th Division
4th Rifle Division

49th Rifle Division 142nd Rifle Division 150th Rifle Division 39th Armored Brigade[2]

Casualties and losses
2,250 killed & wounded 10,000+ killed
Position of Taipale at eastern end of Mannerheim Line

See also

Notes
  1. Grendal was at the beginning of the Battles of Taipale the commander of 7th Army Right Wing Group, then from late December 1939 the commander of the newly formed 13th army.[1]

References

Citations
  1. Raunio & Kilin 2010, pp. 29.
  2. Raunio & Kilin 2010, pp. 56.

Sources
In English
  • Engle, Eloise; Paananen, Lauri (1985) [1973]. The Winter War: The Russo-Finnish Conflict, 1939–40. Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-0149-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Nenye, Vesa; Munter, Peter; Wirtanen, Toni; Birks, Chris (2015). Finland at War: The Winter War 1939–40. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-147-280-631-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Trotter, William R. (2002) [1991]. The Winter War: The Russo–Finnish War of 1939–40 (5th ed.). Aurum Press. ISBN 1-85410-881-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Online sources


In Finnish
  • Raunio, Ari; Kilin, Juri (2010). Talvisodan taisteluja (3th revised ed.). Karttakeskus. ISBN 978-951-593-415-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Sotatieteen Laitos. (1978). Talvisodan historia 2 : Sotatoimet Karjalan kannaksella. WSOY. ISBN 951-0-08147-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Sorko, Kimmo; Strang, Mikko (2010). Taipaleen päiviä. Talvisota Itä-Kannaksella 1939-1940. Historiatyöryhmä. ISBN 978-952-92-6803-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Sorko, Kimmo (1998). Keskisuomalaisten Taipale 1939-1940. ISBN 952-91-0231-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


In Russian
  • Иринчеев, Баир (2016). Оболганная победа Сталина. Штурм Линии Маннергейма. (The stunned victory of Stalin. The assault on the Mannerheim Line.). Эксмо. ISBN 978-5-699-86363-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Якимович, Кирилл (2010). На фланге линии Маннергейма. Битва за Тайпале. (On the flank of the Mannerheim line. Battle of Taipale.). Вече. ISBN 978-5-4444-5645-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Online sources


Further reading

  • Tuuri, Antti (2003) [1984]. The Winter War. Aspasia Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0973105339.
  • Военный альбом (photographs of the Soviet–Finnish War 1939–1940)
  • JR28 War diaries (The digitized contemporary war diaries of the Finnish regiment that fought in the Taipale front 1939–1940. In Finnish.)
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