Definitions
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- noun the isthmus between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga that connects Finland and Russia
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Russian armies attacked on three fronts: below Petsamo on the Arctic Sea, in central Finland, and on the Karelian Isthmus.
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After the Luga front had disintegrated, Keitel wrote to Mannerheim, asking that the Finnish Army begin to exert "real pressure" along the Karelian Isthmus, and also that it cross the Svir River to the northeast of Lake Ladoga.
Barbarossa Clark, Alan 1965
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Having originated in Primorsk, a port town on the Karelian Isthmus known as Koivisto until it was taken from Finland by Russia in
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Having originated in Primorsk, a port town on the Karelian Isthmus known as Koivisto until it was taken from Finland by Russia in
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Having originated in Primorsk, a port town on the Karelian Isthmus known as Koivisto until it was taken from Finland by Russia in
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The Soviet 7th Army, the strongest with 12 divisions, attacks the 5 Finnish divisions defending the Karelian Isthmus.
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He demanded that Finland give up much of the Karelian Isthmus, cede a number of islands in the Gulf of Finland, and lease the Hanko peninsula for a military base.
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The Red Army was unprepared for battle in the frozen, heavily forested Karelian Isthmus.
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(Karelian Isthmus) 10th Mechanised Corps (to Northwestern Front 27th June, 1941)
Barbarossa Clark, Alan 1965
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