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On Fri. 09 Feb 1940 The Finnish defensive Mannerheim Line in the Summa.....

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The Finnish defensive Mannerheim Line in the Summa sector began to fall apart, with Soviet troops taking control of a bunker near the village of Karhula. Finnish troops brought up reserves to counterattack, but failed to retake the bunker.

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