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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 ...
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.
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 generals (4 C, 46 P) J. Jägers of the Jäger Movement (38 P) Pages in category "Finnish soldiers" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
13 Soldiers. 14 Sportspeople. Toggle Sportspeople subsection. 14.1 Athletics. 14.2 Basketball. 14.3 Football. ... Hanna Pakarinen – Finland's first Idols winner ...
Mannerheim supported Finland's military industry and sought in vain to obtain a military defence union with Sweden. However, rearming the Finnish army did not occur as swiftly or as well as he hoped, and he was not enthusiastic about a war. He had many disagreements with various Cabinets, and signed many letters of resignation. [68] [69]
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 ...
This is a list of senior officers of the Finnish Defence Forces since Finland's independence from Russian in 1917/18. Chiefs of Defence ...