Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan harin Soviet kan Finland na 25 ga Yuni, 1941, Finland ta sake yin yaƙi da maƙwabcinta na gabas. A ranar 10 ga Yuli, 1941, Mannerheim ya ambaci sanarwar da ya yi a shekarar 1918 a cikin jawabinsa na "Shari'ar Rana" ga sojojinsa: "... [I]n 1918 a lokacin yakin neman 'yanci
Na bayyana wa Finnish da Viena Karelians, cewa ba zan sanya takobina ba har sai Finland da Gabashin Karelia sun sami 'yanci. " () Wannan" Umurnin Rana "ya nuna farkon farmaki, wanda zai haifar da mamaye shekaru uku na Gabashin Karelia.