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Originally Posted by Schroeder
That sounds completely stupid. Why would anyone drop onto a frozen lake that offers zero cover and within weapons range of the enemy.  |
Lake Pyhäjärvi is in the rear, behind the Mannerheim line. If you look at the first map on post #8, Lake Pyhäjärvi is where 10.D mark is, that kinda "U" shaped lake. I assume the drop was seen and a patrol was sent to take them out.
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3 February - DAY 66 of Winter War
Central Isthmus: Finnish defenders successfully repulse enemy attacks on the Mannerheim Line in Summa, Suokanta and Oinaala.
The Russian 7th Army and 13th Army are ordered to begin the work of breaking down the Finnish defences on the Isthmus.
Ladoga Karelia: detachments of enemy troops which had advanced from the south on skis are surrounded in a 'motti' at Lavajärvi.
Battalion Mankonen completes destruction of the enemy ski battalion at Löytöjärvi. In three days the enemy death toll reaches around 400.
Soviet aircraft bomb a number of localities across the country: in Kuopio the air raid leaves 34 dead and 38 injured.
Viipuri: enemy bombers hit hard in and around Torkkelinkatu, Punaisenlähteentori square, the market square, the old town and the district of Havi. The Lutheran cathedral is partly destroyed in the raid.
Kotka: the woodyard at the Enso Gutzeit sawmill is set ablaze and almost totally destroyed.
Eastern Isthmus: a Russian fire control aircraft is in the air all day over Taipale directing the enemy artillery fire.
A captured enemy map contains accurate details of the position of the Finnish command post in the Taipale sector.
Abroad: the International Labour Office announces that the Soviet Union has been expelled from the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Marshall Mannerheim's sister, Countess Eva Sparre arrives in New York to begin a series of lectures in the USA on Finland.
The great Finnish runners Paavo Nurmi and Taisto Mäki receive a hero's welcome on arrival in New York. Thousands of people and dozens of reporters come to the harbour to welcome them.
Daily losses: 129