16 July 1944
The bulge in Nietjärvi area caused by the enemy breakthrough is contained and encircled. During the day and following night, Soviet regiments fight themselves out of the encirclement or are destroyed nearly to the last man.
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Soviet bombers sink the German anti-aircraft cruiser
Niobe in Kotka harbor thinking it was the Finnish Coastal Ship
Väinämöinen.
Finnish daily losses: 323
Machine gun position in Suojärvi area.
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17 July 1944
One of Detachment Vehniäinen's long-range patrols on the Isthmus report that empty trains are heading towards the front. This is the first sign to the Finns that the offensive has stopped.
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Fighting starts in the Lemetti-Suojärvi area, as Soviet forces try to breach the U-line there.
Finnish daily losses: 346