WAR TRAILSOF THE NORTHSUOMI
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Tallholmen 7

Hanko

Period
moderni
Category
Fortification
Location accuracy
Approximate area

A defensive work recorded in the Finnish Heritage Agency's cultural environment register.

Safety

Linnoitusrakenteissa voi olla sortumavaara, avoimia aukkoja ja teräviä rakenteita. Älä laskeudu rakenteisiin ja pysy näkyvillä poluilla.

Land ownership and access restrictions

Kohde voi sijaita yksityisellä maalla. Noudata jokamiehenoikeuksia, älä vahingoita rakenteita äläkä kaiva maaperää.

What happened here

Battles, troop movements and military operations recorded near this site.

  1. 12 October 1939 – 16 October 1939

    2. Er.PPK:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Hanko · 4,7 km

  2. 12 October 1939 – 15 October 1939

    7. Er.PPK:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Hanko · 4,7 km

  3. 12 October 1939 – 15 October 1939

    1. Er.KKK:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Hanko · 4,7 km

  4. 1 December 1939

    Aamulla Russarön linnakkeen ja risteilijä Kirovin johtaman osaston tykistötaistelu Hangon edustalla. Kirov kääntyi pois saatuaan osuman.

    Military operation · Hanko · 4,7 km

  5. 22 June 1941 – 2 December 1941

    Battle of Hanko

    Battle · jatkosota · 2,1 km

    The Battle of Hanko (also known as the Hanko front or the siege of Hanko) was a lengthy series of small battles fought on Hanko Peninsula during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union in the second half of 1941. As both sides were eager to avoid a major, costly ground battle, fighting took the form of trench warfare, with artillery exchanges, sniping, patrol clashes, and small amphibious operations performed in the surrounding archipelago. A Swedish Volunteer Battalion served with Finnish forces in the siege. The last Soviet troops left the peninsula in December 1941.

    == Background == As part of the 1940 Moscow Peace Treaty which formally ended the Soviet-Finnish Winter War, Hanko was leased to the Soviet Union as a Soviet naval base. The civilian population was forced to evacuate before Soviet forces arrived. The leased area included several surrounding islands, several coastal artillery sites (among them the important fort of Russarö), important harbor facilities, and an area suitable for an airfield, which the Soviets quickly constructed. Troop transport rights from the Soviet Union to Hanko and back put severe strain on Finnish-Soviet relations, and played a part both in Finland's decision to allow German troops to transit Northern Finland, and later, to go to war with the Soviet Union. Though Hanko had originally been leased as a naval base, ground forces were far more numerous, with only a small naval detachment being present at the base.

    Read more on Wikipedia · Wikipedian tekijät, CC BY-SA 4.0

  6. 16 July 1941

    Ylipäällikkö päätti siirtää 17. Divisioonan Hangon Ryhmästä Aunuksen kannakselle.

    Military operation · Hanko · 4,7 km

  7. 16 July 1941

    Venäläiset valtasivat Hangon länsipuolella Morgonlandetin saaren.

    Military operation · Hanko · 4,7 km

  8. 17 July 1941

    17. heinäkuuta 1941 ylipäällikkö Mannerheim antoi käskyn siirtää pääosa divisioonasta Itä-Karjalaan, ja vain Jalkaväkirykmentti 55 jäi Hangon rintamalle.

    Troop movement · Hanko · 4,7 km

  9. 26 July 1941

    Venäläisten yllätyshyökkäys Hangosta Bengtskärin majakkasaarelle torjuttiin.

    Military operation · Hanko · 4,7 km

  10. 17 August 1941

    Ruotsalainen vapaaehtoispataljoona otti Hangossa rintamavastuun.

    Military operation · Hanko · 4,7 km

  11. 27 August 1941 – 28 August 1941

    Suomen laivaston tykkiveneet siirtyivät Hangon länsipuolelta Hankoniemen ohitse Helsinkiin.

    Military operation · Hanko · 4,7 km

  12. 25 October 1941

    Itämeren punalippuinen laivasto sai käskyn Hangon tyhjentämisestä.

    Military operation · Hanko · 4,7 km

Recorded casualties in the area

Hanko
46

The recorded place of death is usually a parish or village rather than an exact point, so the figure describes the area around the site. Names of the fallen are not shown.

Sotasampo · Kansallisarkisto, menehtyneet 1939–1945

Archive photographs nearby

Wartime photographs taken near this site.

Photographs: SA-kuva, CC BY 4.0.

Nearby

One site is rarely a trip on its own. These are the closest others.

Sources, licences and accuracy

Location accuracy: Approximate area

Verification: 2026-07-31 (remote)