Mannerheim Line
Sign in to savedefensive fortification line built by Finland against the Soviet Union
Key facts
- Type
- Defensive line
- Controlled by
- Finland
- Built
- 1920–1924, 1932–1939
- In use
- 1939–1940
- Materials
- Wood, boulders, concrete, steel, natural features
- Battles wars
- Winter War
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- Image
- 28 Sj 5 Миллионник надолбы.jpg
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- directions
- между Финским заливом и Ладожским озером
- Commons category
- Mannerheim Line
- inception
- 1920-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1945-00-00
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The Mannerheim Line (Finnish: Mannerheim-linja, Swedish: Mannerheimlinjen) was a defensive fortification line on the Karelian Isthmus built by Finland against the Soviet Union. While this was never an officially designated name, during the Winter War it became known as the Mannerheim Line, after the Finnish Army's then commander-in-chief Field Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. The line was constructed in two phases: 1920–1924 and 1932–1939. By November 1939, when the Winter War began, the line was by no means complete.
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