Strategically, the Finnish territory was the less important northern section of the Estonian–Finnish gateway and a buffer zone to and from Petrograd through the Narva area, the Gulf of Finland and the Karelian Isthmus.
Estratexicamente, o territorio finlandés era a parte de menor importancia da entrada estoniano-finlandesa e zona de amortiguamento para e de San Petersburgo a través da área de Narva, o golfo de Finlandia e o istmo de Carelia.