this is the plan for the taking of Piiteri
The attack of Peterburi:
The Plan
The attack on Piiteri was just an operation in a much bigger plan, with a code name Kalevalanmaa(the land of Kalevala), there were many fronts and directions of attack
The front of Aunus:1 division plus some local Karelian volunteer units, its goal was to take the city of Petroskoi and the areas between lake Laatokka and lake Äänisjärvi(Onega) aka Aunus.
The front of Viipuri:2 divisions, went towards Piiteri
, there were also 3 control lines to make:
1st line: the Union forces had to take the forts of Krasnaja Gorka, in Ingermanland and Ino, near Viipuri, that defended St Petersburg and its primary defence, the city of Kronstad.
Also, the finnish troops needed to take the cities of Petroskoi, estonians had to take the cities of Võnnu(Cesis), Aluliina(Aluksne, Marienburg) and Pihkva(Pskov).
2nd line: Union forces have surrounded the city of St Petersburg and taken the city of Kronstad,on the island of Kotlin, with a landingon it, the areas of Aunus and Ingeria are under the control of the Union, the Estonians would have taken the city of Riia(Riga) and Jakobstad(Jekabpils)
and continue the attack in Latgale and in southern Ingria against Novgorod
3rd line:The city of St Petersburg is taken for the Union,the cities of Novgorod and Laatokanlinna(Novaja Ladoga) are taken and thus the connection is founded with the forces in Aunus, the Estonians have also made a landing into the north of Livonia
The attack of Peterburi:
The Plan
The attack on Piiteri was just an operation in a much bigger plan, with a code name Kalevalanmaa(the land of Kalevala), there were many fronts and directions of attack
The front of Aunus:1 division plus some local Karelian volunteer units, its goal was to take the city of Petroskoi and the areas between lake Laatokka and lake Äänisjärvi(Onega) aka Aunus.
The front of Viipuri:2 divisions, went towards Piiteri
, there were also 3 control lines to make:
1st line: the Union forces had to take the forts of Krasnaja Gorka, in Ingermanland and Ino, near Viipuri, that defended St Petersburg and its primary defence, the city of Kronstad.
Also, the finnish troops needed to take the cities of Petroskoi, estonians had to take the cities of Võnnu(Cesis), Aluliina(Aluksne, Marienburg) and Pihkva(Pskov).
2nd line: Union forces have surrounded the city of St Petersburg and taken the city of Kronstad,on the island of Kotlin, with a landingon it, the areas of Aunus and Ingeria are under the control of the Union, the Estonians would have taken the city of Riia(Riga) and Jakobstad(Jekabpils)
and continue the attack in Latgale and in southern Ingria against Novgorod
3rd line:The city of St Petersburg is taken for the Union,the cities of Novgorod and Laatokanlinna(Novaja Ladoga) are taken and thus the connection is founded with the forces in Aunus, the Estonians have also made a landing into the north of Livonia