Operation Hokki

Operation Hokki was the largest landing operation in Finnish history conducted by Finland during the Continuation War. The mission's objective was to destroy a railway yard of Petrozavodsk in order to prevent the enemy from supplying its troops in the Battle of Ilomantsi. Due to the many setbacks that occurred the objective of the mission was changed and the Finnish troops ended up destroying a large portion of railroad tracks that were being used to supply the Soviet troops in Ilomantsi. Operation Hokki is the only known Finnish airborne operation during World War II.