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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 ...
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 ...
This is a list of senior officers of the Finnish Defence Forces since Finland's independence from Russian in 1917/18. Chiefs of Defence ...
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.
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 ...
Juutilainen entered the Finnish military on 9 September 1932 for his compulsory military service, serving as a pilot in the Finnish Air Force starting in 1935. On 1 May 1935, Juutilainen was promoted to sergeant. He was transferred to LeLv 24, operating from Utti, on March 3, 1939. In October 1939, with the situation worsening, the squadron ...
Finnish military-related lists (1 C, 13 P) B. Finnish military bands (5 P) Bilateral military relations of Finland (3 C) C. Conscription in Finland (1 C, 4 P) D.