Entrance to the pillbox

During the Winter War, on March 4 1940, the island was stormed by a special battalion of Soviet marines and the 11th infantry battalion under heavy fire from Finnish artillery on Pitkäpaasi, Pukkio and Ristiniemi (305 mm). The island was defended by a Finnish reinforced company, who, after 45 minutes of firefighting, withdrew to island Pukkio, leaving two killed in action...