7. Division was a Finnish Army

Finnish Army

The Finnish Army is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces.Today's Army is divided into six branches: the infantry , field artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, engineers, signals, and materiel troops.-History of the Finnish Army:Between 1809 and 1917 Finland was an autonomous part of...

 division

Division (military)

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 in the Continuation War

Continuation War

The Continuation War was the second of two wars fought between Finland and the Soviet Union during World War II.At the time of the war, the Finnish side used the name to make clear its perceived relationship to the preceding Winter War...

. The division was formed Savo-Karjala military province from the men in Pohjois-Savo (Northern Savonia) and Pohjois-Karjala (North Karelia) civil guard

White Guard (Finland)

The White Guard was a voluntary militia that emerged victorious over the socialist Red Guard as part of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War of 1918...

 districts.

Forming

After forming the division consisted of the following sub-units:

• Infantry Regiment 9
• Infantry Regiment 30
• Infantry Regiment 51
• Light Detachment 15
• Field Artillery Regiment 2
• Heavy Artillery Battalion 28
• Engineer Battalion 35
• Signals Battalion 26
• 261st Anti-aircraft Machine Gun Company

7.Division was mostly equipped according to division generic organization, only some material quantities were lacking.

Commanders

• eversti Antero Svensson (18 December 1941 promoted to major general
  Major General
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  ) 17 June 1941 – 1 August 1943
• eversti William Häkli
• major general
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   Selim Isakson 28 January 1944 – 15 November 1944

Major military operations

• Finnish conquest of East Karelia (1941)
  Finnish conquest of East Karelia (1941)
  The Finnish conquest of East Karelia refers to a military campaign carried out by Finland in 1941. It was part of what is commonly referred to as the Continuation War...
  
  
• Soviet Svir-Petrozavodsk Offensive (1944)

Losses

Based on the periodic reports made by units to Finnish General Headquarters the total losses suffered by the 7. Division in killed, wounded and missing during the Continuation War were 12 384 men, the second-highest losses suffered by the Finnish divisions during the war.

See also

List of Finnish divisions in the Winter War

List of Finnish divisions in the Continuation War