Received his military education in the Finnish Artillery School in 1918, and in the French Military Academy 1921-1923; Chief of the Operative Department of the General Staff 1933-1939; Quartermaster General of the headquarters 1939-1944; Chief of General Staff of the main headquarters 1944-1949.
Mannerheim’s important operative ADC during the Winter and Continuation Wars. In arrestation 1945-1948 on grounds of the "Weapons Cache" case.
World War II | Pacific War | Winter War | Headquarters | Mannerheim Line | Vilho Petter Nenonen | K.L. Oesch | Harald Öhquist | Paavo Talvela | Continuation War |Transit Pact | Risto Ryti | Order of the Day of the Sword Scabbard | Erik Heinrichs | A.F. Airo | Hugo Österman | Marshal's Drink | Mannerheim Cross | Title of Marshal of Finland | Air War - Air Forces
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