Despite having far fewer troops than the Soviets, the Finnish forces (12th division) repelled the Red Army because the Soviets were only prepared to proceed along roads.
In 1940 at the age of 65, he offered his services to the Finnish Army, in their defence against Communist Russia.
Soviet troops invaded Finland at Salla during the Winter War but were stopped by the Finnish Army (see Battle of Salla).
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Major General Erkki Johannes Raappana (June 2, 1893 in Oulujoki – September 14, 1962 in Joensuu) was the commander of the 14th Division of the Finnish Army during the Second World War.
Kainuu brigade (Finnish Kainuun prikaati) is a Finnish Army unit situated in Kajaani.
Taipale at the Mannerheim Line, then approximately 20 kilometers from the Soviet border, became known for heavy fighting during the Winter War, and was held by the Finnish forces until the end of that war, when all of the Karelian Isthmus was ceded to the Soviet Union and had to be evacuated in haste.
At the end of 1939, the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union broke out, and Wasenius was killed early 1940 while fighting for the Finnish army on the islands of Lake Ladoga.
Guard Jaeger Regiment or Huntsmens' Guard Regiment of the Finnish Army
The Finnish army also advanced further, especially in the direction of Lake Onega, (east from Lake Ladoga), closing the blockade of the city of Leningrad from the north, and occupying Eastern Karelia, which had never been a part of Finland before.