The Karelian Front Russian: Карельский фронт) was a front (a formation of Army Group size) of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II, and operated in Karelia.
The front covered the sector north of Lake Ladoga and the Svir River to the Arctic Coast near Murmansk.
It was involved in combat with both Finnish and German forces along the Soviet-Finnish border.
The experiences in the conduct of the operation, particularly in terms of organising rear-area services and supply, were considered important to the conduct of the Red Army’s offensive against the Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchuria, and many leading officers were transferred from Karelian Front to the Baikal theatre of war.
[citation needed] Order of battle of the Karelian Front on 1 September 1944:[1]