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Music Hello everyone and welcome to history of the Second World War.

Episode 146, The Winter War Part 4, Tolvavayarvi.

This week, a big thank you goes out to Jack, Melissa, Soren, Brad,

and Faheed for choosing to become a member. You can find out more over at History of the

Second World War.com slash members. While the primary point of focus for both nations

would be the fighting that was occurring on the Karelian isthmus. There would be fighting

in many areas along the border regions between Finland and the Soviet Union. One of these

areas would be along the Tova Vyarvi Road to the north of Lake Ladoga. This area was much

further north than the Finns had really believed the Soviets would put a significant

number of forces, but they were very much incorrect.

Overall, the areas north of Lake Ladoga were far more active than the Finns had anticipated,

with several Red Army divisions positioned north of the lake and preparing to push forward.

It started with the Soviet 168th division,

just north of Lake Ladoga, then to their north was the 18th division. These two divisions were

within the area that the Finns believed the Soviets would attack, and therefore there would

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