The I Corps was a formation of the

Finnish Army The Finnish Army ( , ) is the army, land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Finnish Army is divided into six branches: infantry (which includes armoured units), field artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, Combat engineering, engineer ...

during the

Winter War The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peac ...

. It was formed on February 25 from parts of the II Corps which had become too large to function properly. It fought during the final stages of the war on the front north of Viipuri.

Order of battle

* 1st Division * 2nd Division (former 11th Division)

Commander

* Major General

Taavetti Laatikainen Taavetti Laatikainen (27 July 1886 – 15 April 1954) was a Finnish General of Infantry and a member of the Jäger movement. He fought in the Eastern Front of World War I, the Finnish Civil War, the Winter War and the Continuation War. During th ...

(19.02.1940 - 13.03.1940).

References

* * Military units and formations of Finland in the Winter War Military units and formations of Finland in World War II {{Finland-mil-stub