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Sep 18, 2018 · Below you can find a browsable map of the Mannerheim Line fortifications. As the research continues, new features will be added on the map, such as photographs linked to the sites, and downloadable kml files of the data will be provided (see below for instructions and a list of updates to the map). Instructions for using the map:
Along with the intelligence, the Soviet Union received a detailed map of the defences on the Isthmus. A German military attaché in Helsinki, General Arniké, handed it over in Moscow in September 1939. Structure of the Line Stone barriers and barbed wire in the line. In the background the Finnish bunker Sj 5, the so-called "Million fortress".
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May 22, 2023 · 1944 - 1944. Helsinki in flames 27.2.1944, a view from the upper terrace of Hotel Torni. Photo: Finnish Defence Forces Photograph Archive / E. Sundström. Show on map. 1944 - 1944. During the Continuation War, leadership at the highest levels of the Finnish military paid increasing attention to the defence of Helsinki.
Troops marched towards the downtown via the Turku Highway, which today is known as Mannerheimintie, the main street of Helsinki. The first clashes were fought around 6 AM in the rocky hills of Tilkka , which the Germans took three hours later.
- 12-13 April 1918(1 day)
- German and White victory
- Helsinki, Finland
Conflict archaeological research project Archaeology of the Mannerheim Line will be mapping the heritage value of this Finnish Second World War defensive line in Karelian Isthmus, nowadays Russia, in 2018-2019. Project is directed by Dr. Oula Seitsonen (Archaeology, University of Helsinki/University of Oulu). Project will include both ...
Mannerheimintie and apartment buildings of Meilahti (left) and Laakso (right), some 3–4 km (1.9–2.5 mi) north from Erottaja. Mannerheimintie ( Swedish: Mannerheimvägen ), named after the Finnish military leader and statesman Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, is the main street and boulevard of Helsinki, Finland. It was originally named ...
C.G:E: Mannerheim, one of the most important figures in Finnish history, poses in uniform in 1918. Photo: Finnish Museum Collection/Lehtikuva. Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867–1951) commanded the Finnish armed forces during the Second World War and went on to serve as president. His house in Helsinki is now the Mannerheim Museum and shows ...
