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<p>2001:FB1:13:D003:848D:2B58:1F67:9668: </p> <hr /> <div>{{expand Finnish|date=June 2023|topic=mil}}<br /> [[File:Karelian_Isthmus_Finnish_positions_1939.png | thumb | right]]<br /> The '''II Corps''' ({{Langx|fi|II Armeijakunta}}) was an army corps unit of the [[Finnish Army (1939)|Finnish Army]] during the [[Winter War]].<br /> <br /> The II Corps with the [[Finnish III Corps (Winter War)|III Corps]] formed the [[Army of the Isthmus]] (Kannaksen armeija). The corps was commanded by [[Lieutenant General]] [[Harald Öhquist]].<br /> <br /> The corps fought in the fierce battles around [[Summa]] and in the defence of [[Viipuri]].<br /> <br /> ==Order of battle==<br /> <br /> === II Corps ===<br /> *[[Finnish 1st Division (Winter War)|1st Division]]<br /> *[[Finnish 4th Division (Winter War)|4th Division]]<br /> *[[Finnish 5th Division (Winter War)|5th Division]]<br /> *[[Finnish 6th Division (Winter War)|6th Division]] - attached on 19 December<br /> *[[Finnish 11th Division (Winter War)|11th Division]]<br /> *[[Finnish 23rd Division (Winter War)|23rd Division]] - arrived in February 1940<br /> <br /> === Delaying groups ===<br /> Delaying groups operational only in the opening phase of the war:<br /> *Group Uusikirkko<br /> **[[Finnish Cavalry Brigade|Cavalry Brigade]]<br /> **[[Finnish Jaeger Battalion 1|Jaeger Battalion 1]]<br /> *Group Muolaa<br /> **[[Finnish Jaeger Battalion 3|Jaeger Battalion 3]]<br /> *Group Lipola<br /> **[[Finnish Jaeger Battalion 2|Jaeger Battalion 2]]<br /> <br /> == Commander ==<br /> * Lieutenant General [[Harald Öhquist]] (30.11.1939 - 13.03.1940).<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> * {{cite book|title=Talvisodan taisteluja|last1=Kilin|first1=Juri|last2=Raunio|first2=Ari|publisher=Karttakeskus|year=2007|isbn=978-951-593-068-2|language=fi|ref=KilinRaunio2007|author-link1=Yuri Kilin}}<br /> * {{Cite book|title=The Winter War: The Russo–Finnish War of 1939–40|last1=Trotter|first1=William R.|publisher=Aurum Press|year=2002|isbn=1-85410-881-6|edition=5th|location=London|ref=Trotter2002|author-link1=William R. Trotter|orig-year=1991}}<br /> <br /> {{Finnish formations WW2}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Finnish II Corps (Winter War)}}<br /> [[Category:Military units and formations of Finland in the Winter War]]<br /> [[Category:Military units and formations of Finland in World War II]]<br /> [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1939]]<br /> [[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1940]]</div>

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