Finnish Army (1939)

The Finnish Army at the beginning of the Winter War in 1939.

Order of Battle

Finnish Army of the Isthmus under Lieutenant General Hugo Viktor Österman.

• II Corps under Lieutenant General Harald Öhquist
  • 4th Division
  • 5th Division
  • 11th Division
  • Cavalry Brigade

• III Corps under Major General Axel Heinrichs.
  • 8th Division
  • 10th Division

• Reserve
  • 1st Division

Independent formations

IV Corps (in the Ladoga Karelia) under Major General J. Hägglund.

• 12th Division
• 13th Division

North Finland Group under Major General Wiljo Einar Tuompo.

• Lapland Group (Independent Battalion 17 in Petsamo)
• Northern Karelian Group (2 Battalions)
• Independent Battalion 15 (Suomussalmi)
• Independent Battalion 16 (Salla)

Reserves of C-in-C

• 6th Division (Southern Finland)
• 9th Division (Northern Finland)
• Replacement Brigade (KT-Pr)

Three more "replacement divisions" were formed from the available reservists. These became the 21st, 22nd and 23rd Divisions on December 19th.