Army of Karelia

On July 10 the Army started its offensive against East Karelia, 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 capital of Karelia Petrozavodsk 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.

The areas occupied by Finnish troops during the Continuation War. The Karelian Army fought north of Lake Ladoga.