What is Battle of Honkaniemi?
{{Infobox Military Conflict | conflict = Battle of Honkaniemi (Lebedevka) | image = | caption = | partof = [[Winter War]] | date = 25–27 February 1940 | place = [[Karelian Isthmus]], [[Finland]] | result = Soviet victory | combatant1 = {{flag|Finland}}<br>Foreign Volunteers | combatant2 = {{flag|Soviet Union|1923}} | commander1 = {{flagicon|Finland}}[[Voldemar Oinonen|Col.Voldemar Oinonen]]<br>{{flagicon|Finland}}Capt. I. Kunnas<br>{{flagicon|Finland}}Lt. O. Heinonen | commander2 = {{flagicon|Soviet Union|1923}}Col. V.Kashuba <br>{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1923}}Capt. V.S.Arkhipov<br>{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1923}}Capt. A.Makarov | strength1 = 23rd Division <br>(Jaeger Battalion 3<br>4th Armoured Company<br>4th Infantry Battalions<br>2nd Artillery Battalions) | strength2 = Elements of the 84th Division <br> Elements of 35th Light Tank Brigade <br> (112. Armored Battalion) | casualties1 = 33 casualties<br>6 tanks | casualties2 = 3 tanks | campaignbox = }} The '''Battle of Honkaniemi''' was fought between [[Finland|Finnish]] and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] forces on 26 February 1940. This battle was fought by tanks. It was only time they were used in the [[Winter War]].<ref>Jeff Crosby, [http://www.worldwar2tributes.com/battle.php?id=82 The Battle of Honkainemi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616154332/http://www.worldwar2tributes.com/battle.php?id=82 |date=2016-06-16 }}</ref> The commander of the [[Finnish II Corps (Winter War)|Finnish II Corps]], General [[Harald Öhquist]], had put the [[Finnish Jaeger Battalion 3|Jaeger Battalion 3]] with the 4th company of the [[Finnish Armoured Battalion (Winter War)|Armoured Battalion]] and the [[Finnish 23rd Division (Winter War)|23rd Division]]. At 10:15 pm, the commander of the Jaeger Battalion 3, [[Captain (land)|Captain]] I. Kunnas and [[Lieutenant]] O. Heinonen of the 4th Armoured Company were ordered to attack. ==The plan== The original plan was to attack the Soviets with six Infantry Battalions, four artil