18 July 1944
Aunus Group is disbanded and its forces are transferred under VI Army Corps.
Fortification works begin on the Isthmus to prepare fall back positions in case of a renewed Soviet offensive. Work on the
Salpa-line also continues.
Finnish and German planes hit Soviet positions on both sides of River Vuoksi in Äyräpää and Vuosalmi.
Finnish daily losses: 134
Colonel Hanste (IR12) at his command post. (Ihantala)
U-line trenches at Lemetti.