Following the Soviet attack on Finland of June 25, 1941, Finland was again at war with its eastern neighbour. On July 10, 1941, Mannerheim referred to his 1918 declaration in his "Order of the Day" speech to his troops: "... [I]n 1918 during the War of Liberation I stated to the Finnish and Viena Karelians, that I would not set my sword to the scabbard before Finland and East Karelia would be free." () This "Order of the Day" signified the beginning of an offensive, which would result in a three-year-long occupation of Eastern Karelia.