Battle of Taipale

Battle of Taipale
Part of the Winter War
Date 6 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
Units involved
10th Division	4th Rifle Division 49th Rifle Division 142nd Rifle Division 150th Rifle Division 39th Armored Brigade
Casualties and losses
2,250 killed & wounded	10,000+ killed

Position of Taipale at eastern end of Mannerheim Line

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)

See also

• Winter War

References

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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Trotter, William R. (2002) [1991]. The Winter War: The Russo–Finnish War of 1939–40 (5th ed.). Aurum Press. ISBN 1-85410-881-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Online sources

• Raunio, Ari (2017). "Defensive battles in December 1939". Talvisotayhdistys. Retrieved 13 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)

In Finnish

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

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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Online sources

• Аптекарь, Павел (2017). "Первый месяц войны (The first month of the war)". rkka.ru. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
• Килин, Юрий Михайлович (2008). "Боевые действия на Карельском перешейке (The fighting on the Karelian Isthmus)". Petrozavodsk State University. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

Further reading

• Tuuri, Antti (2003) [1984]. The Winter War. Aspasia Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0973105339.

External links

• 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.)