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Simo Häyhä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsimo ˈhæy̯hæ] ⓘ; 17 December 1905 – 1 April 2002), often referred to by his nickname The White Death (Finnish: Valkoinen kuolema; Russian: Белая смерть, romanized: Belaya smert’), was a Finnish military sniper during World War II in the 1939–1940 Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.
Lauri Allan Törni (28 May 1919 – 18 October 1965), later known as Larry Alan Thorne, was a Finnish-born soldier who fought under three flags: as a Finnish Army officer in the Winter War and the Continuation War ultimately gaining a rank of captain; as a Waffen-SS captain (under the alias Larry Laine) of the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS when he fought the Red Army on the ...
The Battle of Valkeala in 1790 took place in Valkeala, Finland, between Sweden and the Russian Empire.At the time, Finland was a component of the Swedish Realm. During the several following centuries, a gradual and slow process of Swedish expansion in today's Finland and the consolidation of Sweden took place, not through wars fought between the Finns and the Swedes, but rather by various ...
Aseveljet vastakkain – Lapin sota 1944–1945 [Brothers in Arms Opposing Each Other – Lapland War 1944–1945] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kirjayhtymä. Helsinki: Kirjayhtymä. ISBN 978-951-26-1726-5 .
Shot at a masquerade ball and died two weeks later. 1810: Count Axel von Fersen, Marshal of the Realm: Four members of the lynching mob were charged for the killing, among them the Finnish nobleman Otto Johan Tandefelt: Killed by a mob in Stockholm after being blamed for the death of Crown Prince Carl August. Army soldiers were present at the ...
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in January 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
Finnish military personnel killed in World War II (41 P) P. Finnish World War II pilots (1 C, 2 P) V. Volunteers in the Winter War (1 C, 24 P) W. Finnish Waffen-SS ...
Pages in category "Finnish soldiers" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Björn-Olof Alholm; H.