The Continuation War (Finnish: jatkosota; Swedish: fortsättningskriget; 25 June 1941 – 19 September 1944) refers to the hostilities between Finland and the Soviet Union during the Second World War, from 1941 to 1944.At the time of the war, the Finns adopted this name to clarify how they viewed it in relation to the preceding Winter War. In the Soviet Union, the war was displayed as a part of the Great Patriotic War.
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| - The Continuation War (Finnish: jatkosota; Swedish: fortsättningskriget; 25 June 1941 – 19 September 1944) refers to the hostilities between Finland and the Soviet Union during the Second World War, from 1941 to 1944.At the time of the war, the Finns adopted this name to clarify how they viewed it in relation to the preceding Winter War. In the Soviet Union, the war was displayed as a part of the Great Patriotic War.
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| - 14,000 dead or missing
- 158,000 wounded
- 190 civilians by Soviet partisans
- 2,377–3,500captured
- 275,000+ casualties
- 37,000 wounded
- 63,204 dead or missing
- 939 civilians in air raids
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- Italy1
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| - 1 Italyprovided fourmotor torpedo boatsto Lake Ladoga.
- 2 TheUnited Kingdomdeclared war on Finland but conducted no operations after that.
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| - *Finland declared war on Nazi Germany
- *Moscow Armistice
- Moscow Armistice
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| - 220,000 Germans
- 530,000 Finns
- In June 1944: 650,000 Total Strength: 1,100,390
- In June 1941: 450,390 (Northern FrontandBaltic Fleet)
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