Group Oinonen or Group O (Ryhmä Oinonen or Ryhmä O)[1]
The corps consisted of a total of 5 infantry divisions. The Cavalry Brigade and the 1st and 2nd Jäger Brigades were organised into Group O. Also, the German 163rd Infantry Division was later added to the army.
OffensiveEdit
The areas occupied by Finnish troops during the Continuation War. The Karelian Army fought north of Lake Ladoga.
On the north flank the army was supported by the independent 14th Division and to the south by forces on the Karelian Isthmus.
The army's advance was rapid due to the use of light jäger troops. The capital of KareliaPetrozavodsk was taken in October and promptly renamed to the poetic Äänislinna. By September 1941, the Army of Karelia participated in the Siege of Leningrad, threatening the city from the east. During the autumn of 1941 the army took positions along the river Svir between lakes Ladoga and Onega. Medvezhegorsk was taken in December.
After the offensive phase of the war ended, the Army of Karelia was disbanded and its HQ became HQ of Aunus Group.
CommandersEdit
General of Infantry Erik Heinrichs 29 June 1941 – 29 January 1942
Lieutenant General Karl Lennart Oesch (temporary) 29 January 1942 – 1 March 1942
^Henrik O. Lunde (22 February 2011). Finland's War of Choice: The Troubled German-Finnish Coalition in World War II. Casemate. pp. 158–. ISBN978-1-61200-037-4.
Ready, J. Lee. World War Two Nation by Nation. London: Arms and Armour Press, 1995.
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