Battle of Raate Road

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Battle of Raate Road
Part of the Winter War
Fragment of the destroyed Soviet column on the road
Date 1–7 January 1940 Location Eastern Finland 64°50′53″N 29°19′35″E / 64.84806°N 29.32639°E / 64.84806; 29.32639 Result Finnish victory
Belligerents
Finland	Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Hjalmar Siilasvuo	Alexei Vinogradov
Strength
6,000	13,962–25,000[1] (Officially)
Casualties and losses
310 killed[2] 618 wounded[2] 92 missing[2]	4,674 casualties (according to the Soviets)[3] 7,000–9,000 killed 1,300 captured (according to Finnish estimates)[4]
class=notpageimage| Location within Finland Show map of Finland Battle of Raate Road (Karelia) Show map of Karelia

The Battle of Raate Road (Finnish: Raatteen tien taistelu) was fought during the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland in January 1940, as a part of the Battle of Suomussalmi.

On December 7, 1939, the Soviet 163rd Rifle Division captured Suomussalmi, but found itself trapped deep inside Finnish territory, and the Soviet 44th Rifle Division was sent to aid the 163rd. Over the next week, Colonel Hjalmar Siilasvuo's outnumbered 9th Division stopped and decisively defeated the Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.