Finnish Army (1939)
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The Finnish Army at the beginning of the Winter War in 1939.
Order of Battle
Finnish Army of the Isthmus under Lieutenant General Hugo Viktor Österman.
- II Corps under Lieutenant General Harald Öhquist
- Reserve
Independent formations
IV Corps (in the Ladoga Karelia) under Major General Juho Heiskanen (from 4 December 1939 on Major General J. Woldemar Hägglund).
North Finland Group under Major General Wiljo Einar Tuompo.
- Lapland Group (Independent Battalion 17 in Petsamo)
- Northern Karelian Group (2 Battalions)
- Independent Battalion 15 (Suomussalmi)
- Independent Battalion 16 (Salla)
Reserves of C-in-C
- 6th Division (Southern Finland)
- 9th Division (Northern Finland)
- Replacement Brigade (KT-Pr)
Three more "replacement divisions" were formed from the available reservists. These became the 21st, 22nd and 23rd Divisions on December 19th.