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Old 07-20-18, 09:37 AM   #496
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I hope those weren't front line soldiers or there would have been a big problem in that sector.
Doubt it. Everyone surely understood the possible consequences that might follow. The men were probably from supply units or those sent further back to rest.
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Old 07-27-18, 04:10 AM   #497
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21 July 1943

Northern Finland: Soviet partisans ambush a truck convoy on the Kiestinki - Kuusamo road. One soldier is killed and 31 of the trucks are damaged.

Finnish daily losses: 21


Trench architecture at Valkjärvi-Raasuli.

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22 July 1943

Northern Finland: Number of skirmishes between Finnish patrols and Soviet partisans.

Finnish daily losses: 14


Portions of trenches at Rajajoki are still flooded after Spring. (11./IR 58)

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23 July 1943

Maaselkä: Two attacks against Finnish positions at the Stalin's Canal are pushed back.

Finnish daily losses: 36


Lieutenant-Colonel Korvenheimo with his pet crow "Pakko". (Vitele)

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24 July 1943

Maaselkä: At 0210hrs the enemy artillery fired a strong preparation against three forward bases in the Stalin's Canal area. The following infantry attack slipped between two forward bases into the Finnish mainline from where it was thrown back with a counter-attack by 3.30. Enemy losses ~120 men.

Finnish daily losses: 27

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25 July 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 14


Jooseppi Kinnunen (right) at the funeral of the Viianki partisan attack victims, among them his wife and children.

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26 July 1943

Rukajärvi/14.D: Approximately 100 men strong enemy detachment attacked Finnish positions in Vilkojärvi sector.

Finnish daily losses: 22

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27 July 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 17


Canteen built in the "middle of nowhere" by 5. Division's soldiers. (Aunus Isthmus)
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That canteen looks pretty permanent.
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Old 07-31-18, 12:27 PM   #499
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That canteen looks pretty permanent.
No reason not to build a proper canteen, if you're planning to stay in the area and have the manpower to build one in a quick fashion.
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Old 08-03-18, 04:05 AM   #500
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28 July 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 23

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29 July 1943

14.D/Rukajärvi: 13 missing men from a patrol that clashed with an enemy detachment on the 22nd are found dead in a marshy area near Kellovaara. The men had seemingly withdrawn there pursued by the enemy and had fought until they ran out of ammunition.

Finnish daily losses: 21


Lotta Ilmoniemi at the christening of a newly built canteen 'Metsäpirtti' at Rukajärvi.

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30 July 1943

Maaselkä: A platoon-size enemy attack is repulsed near Salmijärvenjoki river.

Finnish daily losses: 13

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31 July 1943

Lieutenant Hans Wind is awarded the Mannerheim Cross for his 26 aerial victories.

Finnish daily losses: 16

Finnish losses 25.6.1941 - 31.7.1943: 40,316

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1 August 1943

Aunus Group: In the Kalaz area, Finnish assault guns destroy nine bunkers and damage another nine, collapse 100 meters of trenches and start six forest fires on the enemy side.

Finnish daily losses: 12

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2 August 1943

Aunus Group: Finnish patrol enters an enemy forward base in the Keskasjärvi area and kills 22 men and destroys their living dug-out. The patrol returns with no own losses.

Finnish daily losses: 9

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3 August 1943

During the night, 25 enemy planes bomb Kotka. 137 houses are destroyed in the resulting fires.

Finnish daily losses: 24
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4 August 1943

Maaselkä: A platoon-size Finnish patrol attacks enemy base on the west side of the Maaselkä station. They clear 100 meters of trenches, killing about 20 enemies and destroying as many prepared positions. Thirteen Finns are wounded in the attack.

Finnish daily losses: 12


Floating dock left intact in Petroskoi after Finns captured the city.

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5 August 1943

Sweden refuses to let German troops transit through her territory to Finland and Norway.

Finnish daily losses: 13


Base "Pallo" at Rukajärvi.

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6 August 1943

Karelian Isthmus: Attack by a 30-man enemy detachment is repulsed at Lumisuo.

Finnish daily losses: 23

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7 August 1943

Karelian Isthmus: Another enemy attack reaches the Finnish trenches at Lumisuo from where it is driven off after a fierce close-quarters fight.

Finnish daily losses: 14

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8 August 1943

Aunus Group: Finnish strike unit attacks an enemy base at Koromyslova during the early morning. Five living dug-outs, 22 prepared positions and 225 meters of trenches are destroyed. Enemy losses number about 50 KIA.

Finnish daily losses: 25

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9 August 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 15

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10 August 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 26
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Old 08-15-18, 02:43 AM   #502
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28 July 1943




Lotta Ilmoniemi at the christening of a newly built canteen 'Metsäpirtti' at Rukajärvi.

Metsäpirtti apparentely designates a small municipality on Lake Ladoga. I assume this canteen was built in this area.
How many wartime canteens were given names?


Edit: typed Lagoda, fixed now
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Old 08-15-18, 03:35 AM   #503
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Metsäpirtti apparentely designates a small municipality on Lake Ladoga. I assume this canteen was built in this area.
How many wartime canteens were given names?

Edit: typed Lagoda, fixed now
Yes, Metsäpirtti was a Finnish municipality pre-Winter War at the mouth of river Taipaleenjoki on the west coast of Lake Ladoga. The Taipale sector for example was at Metsäpirtti.

This canteen is not at Metsäpirtti but somewhere in the Rukajärvi (modern Rugozero) area in northern Finland.

Naming canteens seems to have been very common.
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11 August 1943

14.D/Rukajärvi: In the main road sector a Soviet detachment attacks Finnish positions, advancing to the first line of obstacles from where it is thrown off after 30 minutes of fighting.

Finnish daily losses: 11

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12 August 1943

Maaselkä: At 8.55am in the morning, a battalion-size enemy unit attacks Finnish positions at lake Jolmajärvi and breaches into two bases. Fighting lasts until 3pm before the enemy has been cleared from the area. Finns lose 9 men KIA and 8 MIA, Soviet losses are counted in dozens.

Finnish daily losses: 29


Camouflaged machinegun position. (Maaselkä)

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13 August 1943

About 60% of Winter War evacuees have returned to Viipuri.

Finnish daily losses: 17

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14 August 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 15

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15 August 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 12


A pair of junior air observers keep a close watch for any enemy activity. (Aunus Isthmus/Armored Division)

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16 August 1943

14.D/Rukajärvi: Another enemy attack in the main road sector is driven off after an hour of fighting.

Finnish daily losses: 24

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17 August 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 17
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I wish I had Soviet records for monthly losses on the Finnish front.
If there is nothing else of interest to write, I usually pick one attack from the HQ war diary and put that in the post, but there are often anywhere from 1 to 4 attacks daily against Finnish positions in different sectors all of them relatively small battalion/company size.


For example, on the 12th there were:
1 (company) attack on Aunus Isthmus
1 (battalion) attack on Maaselkä Isthmus
1 (200-men) attack in 14th Division area (Rukajärvi)


Seems like a waste of men.
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18 August 1943

North Finland: In the southern sector approximately regiment size enemy force attacks the German/Finnish positions at the southern end of Kangasvaara ridge. Local break through attempts are repelled by counter-attacks, causing heavy casualties to the enemy.

Finnish daily losses: 18

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19 August 1943

Lt. Col. Olli Paloheimo replaces Col. Arajuuri as the commander of the East Karelia Military Administration.

31 bombers of Flight Regiment 4 strike a partisan base in the village of Lehto.

Finnish daily losses: 22


Sentry somewhere on the Aunus Isthmus.

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20 August 1943

About a dozen enemy bombers approach Kotka in the evening. Finnish anti-air fire forces the bombers to drop their bombs early, saving the city from damage.

Finnish daily losses: 13

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21 August 1943

Twelve enemy bombers strike Helsinki. Damage to the city is minor, thanks to accurate Finnish anti-air fire.

Finnish daily losses: 26


Morane-fighter on a recon flight.

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22 August 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 21

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23 August 1943

Minelayer Riilahti is sunk by enemy motor torpedo boats on the Gulf of Finland.

Finnish daily losses: 45

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24 August 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 19
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25 August 1943

Karelian Isthmus: In the Aleksandrovka area, a Finnish patrol slips through four minefields and find themselves in an enemy forward base. The patrol destroys several dugouts and inflict 40-50 casualties to the enemy before withdrawing. Two Finns are lightly wounded.

War diary of Infantry Regiment 6:
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24 August, 10PM

Patrol headed by Lt.Honkaniemi (strength 58) left for a planned prisoner snatch/sabotage mission on the right wing of our sector. Having advanced through two minefields and then reaching the objective, it was discovered the positions were unmanned.

25 August, 2.54AM

Regiment Commander Col.Ekman gave new orders to go deeper (about 500m) behind the lines and to find the enemy living area, which was known to be manned.
The patrol again advanced through two minefields before arriving at their new objective. There, by complete surprise, the patrol began their assault, during which bunkers and living dugouts were destroyed by use of bundled charges and hand grenades. A total of 11 bunkers and dugouts were destroyed, causing at least 20 casualties to the enemy. The patrol also destroyed an ammo depot and an explosives storage. One large and two smaller houses were destroyed as well, which according to a POW killed approximately 16 Russkies.
The patrol took one prisoner and returned back to own lines at 4.51AM.
Casualties: Two lightly wounded.
Maaselkä: Five enemy bunkers and two anti-tank gun positions are destroyed by Finnish artillery and mortars in the Kivijärvi direction. Further two bunkers at Kindasjärvi are destroyed by artillery in the evening.

Finnish daily losses: 6

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26 August 1943

Marshal Mannerheim and Defense Secretary Rudolf Walden leave Mikkeli to visit East Karelia.

Finnish daily losses: 12


Lieutenant Hans Wind, a Mannerheim Cross recipient with 33½ confirmed kills.

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27 August 1943

Of the 2,000 Finnish children in Denmark, 1,000 are planned to be returned before schools start.

North Finland: 26 enemy fighters are shot down in a battle over Kalastajansaarento.

Finnish daily losses: 12

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28 August 1943

Aunus Isthmus: During the last week, 45 Finnish patrols have been sent out to the enemy side, while the enemy has sent 43.

Finnish daily losses: 11


Testing of anti-tank obstacles near Petroskoi.

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29 August 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 15

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30 August 1943

Marshal Mannerheim returns from East Karelia.

Finnish daily losses: 15


Dummy warship "Kirow".

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31 August 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 15

Finnish losses in August: 548

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Keep it up.
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Old 08-31-18, 07:13 AM   #509
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Keep it up.
If you insist.


EDIT: Since I found it, the last entry has been updated with IR 6's report on the 25th August patrol.

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1 September 1943

Karelian Isthmus: Finnish patrol attacks enemy positions in the Ohta road area during the night. After eliminating four sentries, they destroy one living dugout and an ammunition depot, killing at least 15 enemies. The patrol suffers no losses.

II./Infantry Regiment 7 war diary:

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At 3.20am patrol led by Lt.Könönen (1+7+36) headed out to destroy an enemy forward base in the Kuvajanmetsä forest and capture a prisoner. The strike team numbered 18 men, and the rest of the patrol was split in two backup teams.
(5.15am) After crossing the various obstacles the enemy had set up in the area, the patrol found themselves to the rear of the intended objective, next to an ammunition depot. The sentry who was guarding the depot rang the alarm before he could be eliminated along with two others who rushed to the scene.
Next the patrol advanced further inside the base, coming up to a living dugout. Enemy soldiers, dressed only in their jackets and helmets ran out of the dugout. Corporal [name unreadable] threw a bundled charge inside, resulting in the dugout to collapse completely burying anyone still inside. The aforementioned ammunition depot was destroyed at this time as well. One more enemy was killed in the trenches who refused to be captured by Cpl.Niinimäki.
After completing their mission, the patrol returned by 5.35am with no own losses.
Finnish daily losses: 10

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2 September 1943

Karelian Isthmus: The enemy crossed the Viisjoki river during the morning and attacked a Finnish base in the area, where ten of them managed to get inside the base. After eight of them had been killed, the rest withdrew.

Finnish daily losses: 17

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3 September 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 14

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4 September 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 11

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5 September 1943

Soviet bombers try to hit Helsinki, but are forced to drop their bombs prematurely due to Finnish anti-air fire.

Finnish daily losses: 16


Knife sheath of a soldier from Coastal Battalion 1 showing the battles he fought in.

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6 September 1943

Aunus Group: Finnish strike force attacks an enemy base at Verhotinsuo. Five dugouts and 20 bunkers are destroyed, inflicting ~40 men losses to the enemy.

Finnish daily losses: 16

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7 September 1943

No entry.

Finnish daily losses: 13
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