Well Alephh the WW2 had a lot of BIGGEST BATTLES in a history.
I/m not doubt that the Tali-Ihantala was a biggest FOR Nordic countries who had ONLY limited participation in the WW2.
However i wish to notice you again- it was far from a great battles for the Red Army ( like battles for Stalingrad, Kursk , Berlin, Budapest and ets…)
Simply becouse the North front was a SECONDARY in the WW2- neither Axis nor Soviet side did not realised the such great operations like they did in the Central or Southern directions.
The War in the North was relatively calm.
In the 1944 the Soviets have got all what they want from finns - they captured back all the territories in Karellia ( so the bother of the Peace treaty 1940 was restored )
The Red Army had no any REASONS to continie the assault - the finnland interned all the of Germans troops.
Besides do not forget about allies- as i/ve told you befor - in the Tehran in 1943 conference Stalin had the agreement with UK/US about the fate of Finland.The conditions of Finns peace were developed and presented for the Ruswelt and Churchill ( and they fully agreed with that except the one point - the summ of postwar finnish contributions for the damage of USSR).
So it was not a surprice that Red Army did not continue the attack in the outhumn of 1944 - the finns have realised all of the conditions ( and it was reasonable).
Finland has no such strategical geographic position ( like for instance Poland) for the USSR- so the independent Finland was a best chouse for all of us.( Look for instance for the contemporary Poland - the rusophobian policy and rhytoric of “former slav brother” is disgusting).
But if you want to listen my appreciation for the finnish ability to resist for russian - yes they really know how to do it;)( especially in ice Hockey)
maybe in march…and catch russians off guard…maybe…but too wait till july drain the army…was crazy…and to call it off…they should instead after mainsteins victory at kharkov…held a line from the baltic…in the north and south…and regrouped…for year or so…and let the russians attacked if they wanted too
For me it would be success only if there wasn’t second front opened by the western allies by the operation Husky ( which was not likely to happen as Churchil , Roosevelt and Stalin agreed that there is huge need of opening a second front ) . Second thing i agree that Hitler mistake was in using still unreliable and untested weapons as Panther, Ferdinand and others which resulted in less Tigers which maybe was decisive ( i don’t mean that Tiger was the N1 tank or impossible to destroy but the most crews already knew it and it was tested in battles before ) .
Totally agree with Ivaylo 2 nd front dashed all hope of victory. sam davis
I agree with Firefly. With that said though, I think an attack sometime in the March/April period might have been successful.