World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation_War" id="mwAUE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Continuation War">Continuation War</a>: Finland wins the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tali–Ihantala" id="mwAUI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Tali–Ihantala">Battle of Tali–Ihantala</a>, the largest battle ever fought in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Europe" id="mwAUM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Northern Europe">northern Europe</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army" id="mwAUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyborg–Petrozavodsk_Offensive" id="mwAUU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive">Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive</a>.