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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 ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Finnish military personnel killed in World War II" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Pages in category "Finnish people of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 221 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
Koivunen was a Finnish soldier, assigned to a ski patrol on 15 March 1944 along with several other Finnish soldiers. Three days into their mission on 18 March, the group was attacked and surrounded by Soviet forces, from whom they were able to escape. [3] Koivunen became fatigued after skiing for a long distance but could not stop.