of the most intensive fighting many more artillery rounds were fired in Vuosalmi (74,000) than in Tali-Ihantala (56,000). During that 8 day period in Vuosalmi Finnish mortar units fired also 52,000 rounds. Finnish field artillery especially during the latter part of battle fired relatively heavy rounds. On 16 July the average weight of rounds were around 28 kilos. Aftermath The commander of the Soviet Leningrad Front, Marshal Leonid Govorov heavily criticized the 23rd Army, 98th Corps and 115th Corps commanders when the offensive in Vuosalmi failed to yield any concrete results despite of the heavy casualties sustained. Gallery References Sources Vuosalmi 1944 in Finland Finland in World War II July 1944 events Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic