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* 1944 – Continuation War: The Vyborg – Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during World War II, ends to a strategic stalemate.
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1944 and Continuation
After the Continuation War Finland lost major land areas to Russia in the Moscow Armistice of 1944, and the figure was said to have lost the other of her arms, as well as a hem of her " skirt ".
From the end of the Continuation War with the Soviet Union in 1944 until 1991, the policy was to avoid superpower conflicts and to build mutual confidence with the Western powers and the Soviet Union.
Finland and Nazi Germany were " co-belligerents " against Soviet Union during Continuation War ( 1941 – 44 ), but a separate peace with Soviet Union led to the Finnish-German Lapland War ( 1944 – 45 ).
* 1944 – Continuation war: the Soviet Union demands an unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg – Petrozavodsk Offensive.
During the Continuation War ( 1941 – 1944 ) not only Finnish and Soviet, but also German and Italian vessels operated there ( see also Naval Detachment K and Regia Marina ).
The two served together during the Battle of Ilomantsi, which was the final Finnish-Soviet engagement of the Continuation War during July-August 1944.
During the Continuation War in 1941 Finland occupied large parts of the area but was forced to withdraw in 1944.
Finnish Karelia was ceded to the Soviet Union by Finland following the Winter War ( 1939 – 1940 ) and Continuation War ( 1941 – 1944 ).
From 1941 to 1944, during the Continuation War, an attempt was made to restore the monastery buildings at Old Valaam, but later the island served as a Soviet military base.
Paasikivi, who had advocated making more concessions to Soviet Union before the Winter War and taken a cautious line with regard to cooperation with Germany before the Continuation War, acted first as Prime Minister ( 1944 – 1946 ) and then as President ( 1946 – 1956 ).
In the aftermath of the Continuation War, IKL was banned, on the insistence of the Soviet Union, four days after the armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union was signed 19 September 1944.
After the Continuation War the SKP dominated the Finnish People's Democratic League, which was founded in 1944 as an umbrella organization of the radical left wing.
After the Continuation War, the Finnish White Guards were disbanded in 1944, as demanded by the Soviet Union.
At the end of the Second World War the Soviet Union secured the rights of lease to a naval base at Porkkala, in accordance with the Moscow armistice agreement that ended the Continuation War, between Finland and the Soviets on September 19, 1944.
During the Finnish occupation of East Karelia in the Continuation War ( 1941 – 1944 ), the occupier chose to style the city Äänislinna ( or Ääneslinna ), rather than the traditional Petroskoi.
The following conflict from 1941 to 1944 is sometimes referred to as the Continuation War, as in the continuation of the Winter War.
He remained Commander of the Isthmus Forces until October 1944, a month after the end of the Continuation War.
In the Continuation War the line was not re-fortified although both Soviets and Finns used its natural benefits in defence during the Finnish advance in 1941 and the Soviet offensive in 1944 ( see VT-line and VKT-line ).
During the Continuation War of 1941-44, most of the ceded area was liberated by Finnish troops, but in 1944 was occupied again by the Red Army.
It was regained by Finland in 1941 during the Continuation War ( 1941-1944 ), but then was then occupied again by the Red Army during the later stages of the same war and anexed to the Soviet Union in 1944.
The area around the river saw heavy fighting during the Continuation War 1941 – 1944.
In 1941, Karelia was liberated for three years during the Continuation War of 1941 to 1944 when East Karelia was occupied by the Finns.
Since the end of the Continuation War in 1944, the river has marked parts of the border between Norway and Russia.
The Continuation War ended in September 1944, with Finland's capitulation.
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