the units a Field Replacement Brigade (Kenttätäydennysprikaati, KT-Pr) of nine battalions was formed. But due to the severity of the Soviet attack the battalions had to be used as combat troops. Also three Replacement Divisions or Home Replacement Divisions (1.Koti.TD – 3.Koti.TD) were formed from the available reservists. As the situation became more alarming the 1st and 3rd Replacement Divisions were reformed into the 21st and 23rd Divisions and sent to the front on 19 December. The 2nd Replacement Division was deployed as individual regiments to Northern Finland. Finland ceded 9% of its territory via the Moscow Peace Treaty but prevented the Soviet Union from annexing Finland. Order of battle Army of the Isthmus Army of the Isthmus (Kannaksen Armeija, KannA) under Lieutenant General Hugo Österman was located on the Karelian Isthmus. II Corps (II AK) under Lieutenant General Harald Öhquist 4th Division 5th Division 11th Division III Corps (III AK) under Major General Erik Heinrichs. 8th Division 10th Division Reserve 1st Division Four delaying groups, named for their location, were stationed immediately by the border on the isthmus. Independent formations IV Corps (IV AK) (in the Ladoga Karelia) under Major General Juho Heiskanen (from 4 December 1939 on Major General Woldemar Hägglund). 12th Division 13th Division North Finland Group (Pohjois-Suomen Ryhmä) under Major General Wiljo Tuompo. Lapland Group (Lapin Ryhmä) in Salla and Petsamo North Karelian Group (Pohjois-Karjalan Ryhmä) in North Karelia Reserves of C-in-C 6th Division (Southern Finland) 9th Division (Northern Finland) Field Replacement Brigade (KT-Pr) Continuation War The Army of Karelia was formed on 29 June 1941 soon after the start of the Continuation War. There were seven Finnish corps in the field during the war: the I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII. During the war the Finnish Army was responsible for the front from the Gulf of Finland to Kainuu. The front in Northern Finland was the responsibility of the German AOK Norwegen. During summer and autumn 1941, the Finnish Army re-conquered the areas lost to the Soviet Union in the Winter War and pushed deep into Soviet territory in Eastern Karelia. In winter 1942, the Finnish political leadership ended offensive action and the front stagnated for over two years. The relatively inactive period of stationary war ended abruptly in June 1944, as the Soviet Union started its Fourth Strategic Offensive. As a result, the Finnish Army lost large areas of the Karelian Isthmus,