Table of Data Points

Tag : Land

1940-02-05Finland

Britain and France plan to send expedintionary force to aid Finland.

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1940-02-01Viipuri Bay

Timoshenko attempts to flank the Mannerheim by attacking across the frozen Viipuri bay.

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1940-01-07Timoshenko

Stalin appoints Timoshenko commander of Soviet forces in Finland. Soviet forces regroup and prepare for a renewed major offensive.

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1939-12-29Lake Ladoga

Finish forces counter-attack succesfully north of Lake Ladoga.

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1939-12-071940-01-08Battle of Suomussalmi

Finnish troops mount successful counterattack on the central front.

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1939-12-06Mannerheim Line Attacks

Soviet forces attack the Mannerheim Line. Finish forces hold the line.

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1939-12-03Mannerheim Line

Finish forces withdraw behind the Mannerheim line.

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1939-12-01Otto Kuusinen

Moscow establishes a puppet government in Finland under Otto Kuusinen

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1939-11-30Karelian Isthmus

The Soviet Union invades Finland. Troops advance up the Karelian Isthmus untill they reach the Mannerheim Line.

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1939-11-301940-01-08Battle of Suomussalmi

27,000 Russian forces are killed and 50 tanks destroyed as Finnish troops surround them in -40 degree F blizzard conditions.

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