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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 ...
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.
Pages in category "Military of Finland" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. + Finnish Defence ...
Pages in category "Finnish generals" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Johan Fredrik Aminoff;
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.
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 ...
Lauri Kristian Relander – president of Finland 1925–1931 (1883–1942) Elisabeth Rehn – politician; Olli Rehn – commissioner and vice-president of the European Commission; Heikki Ritavuori – assassinated minister (1880–1922) Risto Ryti – president of Finland 1940–1944 (1889–1956) Miina Sillanpää – minister