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Old 08-26-16, 06:59 AM   #159
Dowly
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23 August 1941

10. and 15. Division reach river Vuoksi - river Suvanto line.

Russian forces encircled in Kilpola island withdraw across Lake Ladoga.



Finnish daily losses: 226


Machine gun dugout

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24 August 1941

Units of 8. Division cross Gulf of Viipuri unopposed to Lihaniemi.



Finnish daily losses: 307


Wartime drawing.

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25 August 1941

East Karelia: 11.Division's attack to the Säämäjärvi-Suotjärvi isthmus begins at 1500hrs.

Karelian Isthmus: 12.Division cuts the Viipuri-Leningrad railway near Kämäri.

Russian counter-attack on the east side of Viipuri against 18.Division's bridgehead west of river Vuoksi is repelled.

KevPrT's commander Colonel Matti Tiiainen is mortally wounded when his tent is hit by a artillery shell.

Units from 8.Division capture the railstation at Sommee on the southwest side of Viipuri and Tienhaara to the northwest of the city.



Finnish daily losses: 320


Last war's scars in Taipale.
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