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Freiherr Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim war ein finnlandschwedischer Offizier und Staatsmann. Mannerheim war Oberbefehlshaber der finnischen Armee im Winterkrieg / und im Fortsetzungskrieg Von 19war er finnischer. Freiherr Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim [ˈmɑnːɛrheim] Audio-Datei / Hörbeispiel anhören (* 4. Juni auf Schloss Louhisaari in Askainen, Großfürstentum. Mannerheim ist der Name einer finnlandschwedischen Adelsfamilie. Ihr berühmtester Spross war Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (–), Marschall und. Mannerheim bestimmte den Lauf der finnischen Geschichte und wurde denn auch zum größten Finnen aller Zeiten gewählt. Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim diente. Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim wurde Präsident in einer sehr ungewöhnlichen, höchst außerordentlichen Phase der finnischen politischen Geschichte. Jägerskiöld, Nuori Mannerheim (see footnote 13), p. Bilderling would later command two armies in Manchuria during the RussoJapanese War. See von. Doch schon einmal hatte Mannerheim das Schicksal Finnlands in die Hand nehmen müssen. Unter großen Schwierigkeiten hatte sich damals der zaristische.
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A military career opened up for him again when he was admitted into the Nikolayev Cavalry School in St. Petersburg in September The demanding military school suited Mannerheim.
Following representations made to the Empress Maria Feodorovna by female relatives of social standing and the financial support of an uncle, he was appointed to H.
This cavalry regiment formed part of the Imperial Life Guards. By Mannerheim had been promoted to lieutenant of the guard.
Mannerheim was a handsome, well-groomed and upright soldier with a serious demeanour that was offset by his social graces.
He was eventually freed from his constant financial worries in when his relatives arranged his marriage to Anastasia Arapova , the daughter of a well-to-do general.
The couple had two daughters, Anastasie and Sophie. The marriage did not last, however, and the two were divorced after ten years of marriage.
Anastasie and the children moved to live in Paris. In order to advance his career, Mannerheim volunteered for the front when war broke out with Japan in He earned the respect of his superiors and was promoted to the rank of colonel in recognition of his valour.
Around this time Mannerheim began planning a major expedition across Asia. He was inspired by the great explorers of his age, including his relative Nordenskiöld.
On returning from the Japanese War, Mannerheim attended the last session of the Finnish Estates as a representative of the baronial branch of his family.
Then he formed personal ties with the Finnish political elite. He continued preparations for his military-scientific Asian expedition and forged important links with academic and culturally nationalist Fennoman circles.
Mannerheim began his long expedition across Asia on horseback in Turkmenistan in October Accompanied by only a couple of men, he rode through areas belonging almost entirely to China.
His military task was to investigate the mostly uninhabited mountain and desert regions that were of interest to Russia, China and Great Britain.
He also collected ethnographic material that showed considerable scientific talent and ambition. Mannerheim returned to St. At the beginning of he finally became commander of a Guard regiment, albeit in Poland.
In he transferred to Warsaw as commander of H. There Mannerheim spent one of the happiest periods of his life, and he became deeply attached to Princess Marie Lubomirska.
During the World War that broke out in Mannerheim served as a front-line commander, mostly on the fronts with Austria-Hungary and in Rumania.
On 18 December Mannerheim was awarded the St. George Cross for valour. Following the October Revolution in in Russia, the newly independent Republic of Finland found work for Mannerheim, who had been relieved of his duties in the Russian Army in September.
The Finnish Senate began disarming Russian garrisons on Finnish territory and expelling them from the country. Troops formed on the basis of the Civil Guards were used for the task.
In January the bourgeois Senate headed by P. Svinhufvud appointed Mannerheim commander-in-chief of the pro-government Civil Guards.
The Jaegers, Finnish volunteers who had received military training in Germany and fought on the Eastern Front against Russia, provided much-needed military expertise to the White forces.
What began as a war of liberation, however, became a bitter civil war following an anti-Government uprising by the Reds.
They were supported by the Bolsheviks. The resulting war between the Whites and Red lasted throughout the first five months of With the help of German forces, which liberated Helsinki, the Whites emerged victorious.
In order to emphasise the Finnish, non-German nature of the war of liberation, Mannerheim organised a great victory parade of his army in Helsinki on 16 May The Red government in Helsinki and its forces there had been crushed a month earlier by General Graf von der Goltz and his troops and pro-German feeling was strong in the city.
Mannerheim was thus out of the country during the last, fateful period of the Civil War, a time of mass deaths as a result of disease and starvation in the large prison camps and of lengthy trials.
The collapse of imperial Germany necessitated a change of government in Finland. In autumn Mannerheim held discussions in London and Paris, securing large shipments of food from the Western powers that saved Finland from mass starvation.
On 12 December Mannerheim was invited to assume supreme power temporarily after Svinhufvud with the title of Regent. This was until the question of a form of government was resolved.
Mannerheim subsequently withdrew from politics for the next twelve years. The Finnish nation remained divided, and right-wing radicalism came to the fore with the so called Lapua Movement.
In March , soon after coming to power as president as a result of the period of agitation, president P. Svinhufvud appointed Mannerheim Chairman of the Defence Council and Commander-in-Chief in the event of war, thus formally reintegrating him into the governmental system.
In Mannerheim was given the rank of Field Marshal. Despite constant pressure from Mannerheim, large sections of the army were poorly equipped in the autumn of During the Finnish-Soviet border and security negotiations, Mannerheim felt that Finland did not have the wherewithal to pursue such a tough line as that taken by the government.
He recommended agreement to territorial concessions and exchanges, several times, threatening to resign. After these negotiations bogged down, war broke out on 30 November Mannerheim assumed the position of Commander-in-Chief and established his headquarters in Mikkeli, where he spent most of his time as Commander-in-Chief until 31 December Despite his age and health problems, he worked incessantly throughout the war with only a few very short leave periods.
He sat an example to his headquarters and to the entire army and nation of the commitment demanded by the situation.
In addition to Mannerheim, this circle included Risto Ryti , who became president in , prime ministers J. Mannerheim exercised an important influence on the conduct of the Winter War and attempts to achieve peace.
He pointed out that, despite its heroic defensive victories, the army was weak. Its endurance was stretched to the limit.
Therefore, even the toughest peace terms had to be accepted — as in fact happened. The conclusion of the Winter War was followed by constant pressure from the Soviet Union, due to the prevailing global situation.
The only possible counterweight was Germany, which was initially in alliance with the Soviet Union. From September onwards, however, Germany gradually began to take Finland under its protection with regard to the Soviet Union.
Expect to hammer through this with delight in short order. It will leave you hungering for more reading material on Mannerheim.
View 1 comment. The author spends perhaps too much time on Mannerheim's adventures in Asia. In the process, Mannerheim's influence on Finland seems to get short shrift.
What Mannerheim accomplished in the Winter War, after all, is far more important than anything he did in Asia.
Apr 28, Bart rated it really liked it Shelves: non-fiction , history. There was hardly any one living a more interesting life in the 20th century than Gustaf Mannerheim did.
He was a soldier and a spy traveling throughout the near and far east for the Russian empire, fought in both world wars, saw the birth of his home country Finland as general by defeating the Bolshevik Reds, came back as Field Marshall to defend Finland against Russia and later the nazi Germans.
He met the Dalai Lama, the last Tsar Nicholas II, and Adolf Hitler came to his 75th birthday party, There was hardly any one living a more interesting life in the 20th century than Gustaf Mannerheim did.
He was extremely important for the young country Finland and still a beloved historic person here. This book has tons of information on every part of Mannerheim's life and is a good introduction.
For me, it could have some more focus on the Finnish Civil War and the Winter War rather than his travels to China and some more personal sides of him would be interesting as well, but other than that a great book.
Apr 07, Olli Tähtinen rated it really liked it. A good page-turner on Marski. The book leans heavily on his expeditions to Asia - rightfully so!
I would have wanted to get to know the person a bit more and how he was in person. His relationship with his sister and children remain in the dark. The marshal had such a amazing and versatile career and life that the author of this book did good work summarizing it.
Oct 14, Kimmo rated it really liked it. What an epic life this man lived. No wonder they tried to do a massive hollywood film from his life.
I wish it would have seen daylight. A good introduction to Mannerheims life. Quite a bit of information on his early life and his time in Russian service, but light on the Finnish civil war, inter-war years and World War II.
Feb 04, Joe Long rated it it was amazing. A terrific book about a fascinating character. Mannerheim was a great soldier with the virtues and attitudes of the pre-World War One world, and those turned out to be just the qualities most needed to guide Finland through the Second World War without being devoured by either of the predatory, murderous regimes struggling on the Eastern Front.
Oct 15, Dominique rated it really liked it. I thought the book was good, well-written, and I struggled to put it down sometimes. It is ambitious in trying to cover the whole of Mannerheim's life in one novel, and I did feel that this book only truly scratches the service.
Defending the Homeland Feb 26, Aditya Kelekar rated it it was amazing. I would joke with my friend back home in India that one day I would be the Finnish President.
While practicing Finnish I would explain to my friend the numerous oddities in the Finnish language, and the joke was born out of the language-learning difficulties.
Surely, a Finnish president would be expected to know his Finnish inside out and I was quite sure that it would take me a lifetime of learning to get the hang of the language, making it well nigh impossible to contest for the president's po I would joke with my friend back home in India that one day I would be the Finnish President.
Surely, a Finnish president would be expected to know his Finnish inside out and I was quite sure that it would take me a lifetime of learning to get the hang of the language, making it well nigh impossible to contest for the president's post.
Imagine my surprise then when I found that one of the most storied Presidents of Finland, Mannerheim, was able to speak Finnish fluently only when he was in his sixties!
In this biography Jonathan Clements has researched well to piece together Mannerheim's life in the varied roles of soldier, spy, revolutionist and president, during those crucial years of Finland's nation-building task.
Mannerheim's life is closely interwoven with Finland's fate through its struggle for independence and the civil war. But what is truly remarkable is that the connection continues even on the sets of the second world war, almost two decades later.
It is said that Mannerheim was destined to live in interesting times but there is more to it than the mere fact that Mannerheim found himself at the helm of the military.
Mannerheim prepared himself in different ways throughout his days with the Russian military. Many examples are peppered throughout the text.
For instance, even when there was no action on the front, he pushed the unit he was governing to do drills that kept them busy. His map-drawing skills, which he honed on his trip as a spy to China, come in handy during a battle with the Japanese; the better knowledge of the region's contours help Mannerheim and his men gain the upper hand.
The task requires him to travel on horseback for several days on end, a journey that he undertakes in the company of a French historian.
The two don't get along well. But this chapter in the book also serves to give a description of Mannerheim from someone who observed him from close range.
Mannerheim's inability to compromise and make amends ensures that the two never patch up; ironically, though, it is this same trait that gives Mannerheim's voice an edge of authority during the turbulent times of Finland's independence.
As might be expected in the life history of a general who only reluctantly acceded to democracy, Mannerheim's career in Finland had its ups and downs.
The Russian revolution jump-starts his career, but before he can arrive on the Finnish stage, he has to escape Saint Petersburg from the clutches of the Bolsheviks who are braying for blood of high-ranking officials such as Mannerheim.
In a series of close encounters with the guards, Mannerheim manages to hide his true identity. When questioned by the revolutionaries as to why his boots bear military insignia, his mask nearly slips but his presence of mind rescues him.
The ruse works. Biographies are made more difficult because it is often difficult to ascertain the exact conditions that shaped the events of a day way back in time.
To that end, Clements seems to have done a great job in his research. For instance despite the might of the Russian army, it was severely unprepared for the Japanese-Russian war, putting the lives of generals such as Mannerheim at great risks.
The reasons for the blight that the Tsar's army suffered could even be traced to the work of Japanese spies working in Western Europe. The right context helps bring the reader closer to the scene of action, and Clement provides this.
If you want to read the book to learn from history, you won't be disappointed. Remember Marie Antoine who famously said, "if they don't have bread, let them eat cake"?
In the case of Nicholas II, the Tsar of Russia in whose army Mannerheim served , it is not hunger but heaps of dead bodies of his subjects that he chooses to summarily erase from his mind.
Thousands of Russian peasants, on hearing that the Tsar's coronation will be accompanied with the distribution of treasures to citizens, assemble at a massive party but due to bad planning many die in a stampede.
Even as hundreds of families mourn, the Tsar dances at a ball. Such apparent insensitivity may have ultimately cost the Tsar his life.
A comprehensive introduction to who Gustaf Mannerheim was. It is written in a lucid and concise style while covering the whole life of him.
Some other biographies are focused on certain aspects of him as either a commander or an explorer in Central Asia. This book provides general biographical facts on him.
Good stuff to read through for my first trip to Finland this year that celebrates the th anniversary of Finnish independence. Feb 18, Colin rated it really liked it.
Holiday Read 2: This bloke is truly fascinating. He started out as a Russian cavalry officer fighting the Japanese in Manchuria and stayed on in Asia as a Russian agent in the "great game".
He was a general in the first world war and narrowly escaped a lynch mob in the revolution. He then served as head of the armed forces during newly independent Finland's asymmetrical war of survival against Stalin's Russia and - to the horror of the allies - fought alongside Hitler in operation Barbarossa Holiday Read 2: This bloke is truly fascinating.
He then served as head of the armed forces during newly independent Finland's asymmetrical war of survival against Stalin's Russia and - to the horror of the allies - fought alongside Hitler in operation Barbarossa to secure the country's independence.
As if all that wasn't enough, he succeeded in becoming the president and is regarded in Finland much as Churchill is regarded here.
His relationship with the third reich raises some questions, of course, and the fact that it is more-or-less glossed-over makes the reader suspect that there are unpleasant secrets being concealed.
The author should probably have spent more time on this though, since siding with Hitler isn't exactly the sort of thing that you can leave unexamined.
All in all, this is well worth a read if you fancy something a bit different. A challengingly chunky beach-read!
Oct 25, Jan rated it liked it. And there to be raised to the leadership in the bloody civil war of before eventually emerging as national hero and symbol during the Winter War against the Soviets in In conclusion a good place to start a study of Mannerheim - also thanks to a rich note on further reading - but in no way a definitive account.
Teos kuvailee hyvinkin yksityiskohtaisesti Mannerheimin elämää ihmisenä, enemmän kuin sotilaana. Parasta antia on se, miten monista ongelmista huolimatta hän teki loistavan uran, erityisesti Suomessa vuonna ja jo iäkkäänä vuosina ja Huolimatta väistämättömästä kumppanuudesta Saksan kanssa, hänen vastenmielisyytensä Hitleriä kohtaa tulee selvästi esille.
Hänen toimintaansa Venäjän-Japanin sodan sekä punakapinan aikana kuvataan melko tarkasti, mutta hänen strategista ajattelu Teos kuvailee hyvinkin yksityiskohtaisesti Mannerheimin elämää ihmisenä, enemmän kuin sotilaana.
Hänen toimintaansa Venäjän-Japanin sodan sekä punakapinan aikana kuvataan melko tarkasti, mutta hänen strategista ajatteluaan talvi- ja jatkosodan olisi kaivannut vielä lisää.
Jul 25, Calzean rated it really liked it Shelves: author-england , culture-finland , culture-russia , culture-japan , culture-china , biography-autobiography-memoir , wwi , wwii , nonfiction.
A very clear and concise biography on a most amazing man. Mannerheim lived a life that you would have thought came out of a Clive Cussler novel.
As such the adventures and achievements of Mannerheim makes this biography interesting, relatively short when considering all what he did and written for non-academics.
It is not a dry read and provides lots of additional reading references if you want to delve further. Thoroughly enjoyable and a good way to understand Finland's history plus some of A very clear and concise biography on a most amazing man.
Thoroughly enjoyable and a good way to understand Finland's history plus some of Russia, Japan, and China from the s to
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Tatsächlich liegen keine Aufzeichnungen über Untreue aufseiten der Finnen vor, selbst aus der Zeit von bis , als Russland begann, Finnland unter Druck zu setzen und seinen rechtlichen Status zu untergraben. Mannerheim blieb Staatsoberhaupt bis zum Jahr , als er aus gesundheitlichen Gründen zurücktrat und von Juho Kusti Paasikivi abgelöst wurde. Eilmeldung Uhr Donald Trump gewinnt in Florida. Unmengen siblings. Security of the border on the isthmus was the responsibility of the 2nd division and local White Guard units in June The task requires him to travel on horseback for several days on end, a journey that he undertakes in the company of a French historian. He continued his studies at a private grammar school in Helsinki and passed his university entrance examinations in Mannerheim: The Years of Preparation. Wikimedia Commons. Tämä ilmeni Mannerheimin vuotispäivänä 4. Definitely worth a read. 22 Jump Street Ganzer Film Deutsch Day is celebrated with Rastatt Forum national parade, and rewards and promotions for members of the defence forces. As might be expected in the life history of Shandra Page Edwards general who only reluctantly acceded to Slipstream Im Schatten Der Zeit, Mannerheim's career in Finland had its ups and downs. Freiherr Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim [yacht-market.eu a{text-decoration:none}ˈmɑnːɛrheim] anhören?/i war ein. Vospominaniya. von Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim | 1. Januar Mannerheim war Oberbefehlshaber der finnischen Armee im Winterkrieg / und im Fortsetzungskrieg Von 19war er finnischer. Während des Weltkrieges war er Befehlshaber verschiedener Verbände. Juli Mannerheim antwortete, die deutsche Nation könne bis zum Letzten kämpfen, ohne eine Auslöschung zu befürchten, das kleine finnische Volk hingegen nicht. Januar den Oberbefehl über die noch im Entstehen begriffene Armee des Landes. Die Lucio Fulci Armee führte den ganzen Sommer lang Angriffe durch. Im September wurde er zur Reserve versetzt, nahm nach der Oktoberrevolution Abschied von der russischen Armee und kehrte in Filme Online Anschauen Deutsch Kostenlos Heimat Finnland zurück. In den Tagen eines Shandra Page Edwards Widerstands gegen einen weitaus überlegeneren Feind feierte ihn die gesamte westliche Welt als Freiheitskämpfer. Deshalb interessant, Salem Online Schauen die Geisteshaltung des Künstlers vage ist. Streamcloud Pll führte Finnland vom Krieg zum Frieden. Von Thor Damen, einem finnischen Tontechniker, wurden heimlich gut 25 Minuten eines Gespräches mit Mannerheim aufgezeichnet. Statt Shandra Page Edwards zu werden, zogen sich einige Offiziere aus dem aktiven Dienst zurück. Foto: Lehtikuva. In den er und er Jahren hatte Mannerheim in Finnland viele Gegner, aber als die Sowjetunion im Herbst Finnland angriff, befürworteten die Sozialdemokraten seine Ernennung zum Oberbefehlshaber der Armee. Deshalb lehnte Finnland trotz deutschen Drucks einen Bodenangriff auf Leningrad oder selbst eine Bombardierung der Stadt Bushido Zeiten ändern Dich Film Komplett ab. In dieser Zeit brachte er es nicht nur zum Rang eines Generalleutnants und wurde zum Kavallerie-Korps-Kommandeur der zaristischen Armee ernannt, sondern war auch dem Zaren persönlich bekannt und gehörte zu seinem Gefolge. Koivisto Stream Trainspotting ein Internationalist, der sich bemühte, eine friedliche Welt Serena Grandi.Mannerheim - Inhaltsverzeichnis
Vielleicht wäre ihm der Erfolg versagt geblieben, wäre nicht ein deutsches Hilfkorps unter Graf von der Goltz in Hanko gelandet, das die Hauptstadt freikämpfte. Die Propaganda hüben und drüben hat den geborenen Freiherrn aus finnisch-schwedischem Geschlecht, einen Deutschenfreund genannt. Tatsächlich gab es keinen besseren Vertreter der finnischen Interessen den siegreichen Alliierten gegenüber. In Wes Craven Präsentiert Dracula Stream, Mannerheim conferred with Allied diplomats, emphasizing his opposition to the Finnish government's policy: they were confident that the Germans would win the war, and had declared the Kaiser's brother-in-law, Frederick Charles of Hesse Feral Deutsch, to be the King of Finland. Construction work was interrupted Charite Serie a long period. Paasikiven muodostaman poliittisen hallituksen astuttua lyhytaikaisten presidenttihallitusten tilalle marraskuussa Mannerheim's shrewd geopolitical, or at least regional, knowledge was the key to his success. Views Read Edit View history.Surely, a Finnish president would be expected to know his Finnish inside out and I was quite sure that it would take me a lifetime of learning to get the hang of the language, making it well nigh impossible to contest for the president's post.
Imagine my surprise then when I found that one of the most storied Presidents of Finland, Mannerheim, was able to speak Finnish fluently only when he was in his sixties!
In this biography Jonathan Clements has researched well to piece together Mannerheim's life in the varied roles of soldier, spy, revolutionist and president, during those crucial years of Finland's nation-building task.
Mannerheim's life is closely interwoven with Finland's fate through its struggle for independence and the civil war. But what is truly remarkable is that the connection continues even on the sets of the second world war, almost two decades later.
It is said that Mannerheim was destined to live in interesting times but there is more to it than the mere fact that Mannerheim found himself at the helm of the military.
Mannerheim prepared himself in different ways throughout his days with the Russian military. Many examples are peppered throughout the text.
For instance, even when there was no action on the front, he pushed the unit he was governing to do drills that kept them busy. His map-drawing skills, which he honed on his trip as a spy to China, come in handy during a battle with the Japanese; the better knowledge of the region's contours help Mannerheim and his men gain the upper hand.
The task requires him to travel on horseback for several days on end, a journey that he undertakes in the company of a French historian.
The two don't get along well. But this chapter in the book also serves to give a description of Mannerheim from someone who observed him from close range.
Mannerheim's inability to compromise and make amends ensures that the two never patch up; ironically, though, it is this same trait that gives Mannerheim's voice an edge of authority during the turbulent times of Finland's independence.
As might be expected in the life history of a general who only reluctantly acceded to democracy, Mannerheim's career in Finland had its ups and downs.
The Russian revolution jump-starts his career, but before he can arrive on the Finnish stage, he has to escape Saint Petersburg from the clutches of the Bolsheviks who are braying for blood of high-ranking officials such as Mannerheim.
In a series of close encounters with the guards, Mannerheim manages to hide his true identity. When questioned by the revolutionaries as to why his boots bear military insignia, his mask nearly slips but his presence of mind rescues him.
The ruse works. Biographies are made more difficult because it is often difficult to ascertain the exact conditions that shaped the events of a day way back in time.
To that end, Clements seems to have done a great job in his research. For instance despite the might of the Russian army, it was severely unprepared for the Japanese-Russian war, putting the lives of generals such as Mannerheim at great risks.
The reasons for the blight that the Tsar's army suffered could even be traced to the work of Japanese spies working in Western Europe.
The right context helps bring the reader closer to the scene of action, and Clement provides this. If you want to read the book to learn from history, you won't be disappointed.
Remember Marie Antoine who famously said, "if they don't have bread, let them eat cake"? In the case of Nicholas II, the Tsar of Russia in whose army Mannerheim served , it is not hunger but heaps of dead bodies of his subjects that he chooses to summarily erase from his mind.
Thousands of Russian peasants, on hearing that the Tsar's coronation will be accompanied with the distribution of treasures to citizens, assemble at a massive party but due to bad planning many die in a stampede.
Even as hundreds of families mourn, the Tsar dances at a ball. Such apparent insensitivity may have ultimately cost the Tsar his life.
A comprehensive introduction to who Gustaf Mannerheim was. It is written in a lucid and concise style while covering the whole life of him.
Some other biographies are focused on certain aspects of him as either a commander or an explorer in Central Asia. This book provides general biographical facts on him.
Good stuff to read through for my first trip to Finland this year that celebrates the th anniversary of Finnish independence.
Feb 18, Colin rated it really liked it. Holiday Read 2: This bloke is truly fascinating. He started out as a Russian cavalry officer fighting the Japanese in Manchuria and stayed on in Asia as a Russian agent in the "great game".
He was a general in the first world war and narrowly escaped a lynch mob in the revolution. He then served as head of the armed forces during newly independent Finland's asymmetrical war of survival against Stalin's Russia and - to the horror of the allies - fought alongside Hitler in operation Barbarossa Holiday Read 2: This bloke is truly fascinating.
He then served as head of the armed forces during newly independent Finland's asymmetrical war of survival against Stalin's Russia and - to the horror of the allies - fought alongside Hitler in operation Barbarossa to secure the country's independence.
As if all that wasn't enough, he succeeded in becoming the president and is regarded in Finland much as Churchill is regarded here. His relationship with the third reich raises some questions, of course, and the fact that it is more-or-less glossed-over makes the reader suspect that there are unpleasant secrets being concealed.
The author should probably have spent more time on this though, since siding with Hitler isn't exactly the sort of thing that you can leave unexamined.
All in all, this is well worth a read if you fancy something a bit different. A challengingly chunky beach-read! Oct 25, Jan rated it liked it. And there to be raised to the leadership in the bloody civil war of before eventually emerging as national hero and symbol during the Winter War against the Soviets in In conclusion a good place to start a study of Mannerheim - also thanks to a rich note on further reading - but in no way a definitive account.
Teos kuvailee hyvinkin yksityiskohtaisesti Mannerheimin elämää ihmisenä, enemmän kuin sotilaana. Parasta antia on se, miten monista ongelmista huolimatta hän teki loistavan uran, erityisesti Suomessa vuonna ja jo iäkkäänä vuosina ja Huolimatta väistämättömästä kumppanuudesta Saksan kanssa, hänen vastenmielisyytensä Hitleriä kohtaa tulee selvästi esille.
Hänen toimintaansa Venäjän-Japanin sodan sekä punakapinan aikana kuvataan melko tarkasti, mutta hänen strategista ajattelu Teos kuvailee hyvinkin yksityiskohtaisesti Mannerheimin elämää ihmisenä, enemmän kuin sotilaana.
Hänen toimintaansa Venäjän-Japanin sodan sekä punakapinan aikana kuvataan melko tarkasti, mutta hänen strategista ajatteluaan talvi- ja jatkosodan olisi kaivannut vielä lisää.
Jul 25, Calzean rated it really liked it Shelves: author-england , culture-finland , culture-russia , culture-japan , culture-china , biography-autobiography-memoir , wwi , wwii , nonfiction.
A very clear and concise biography on a most amazing man. Mannerheim lived a life that you would have thought came out of a Clive Cussler novel.
As such the adventures and achievements of Mannerheim makes this biography interesting, relatively short when considering all what he did and written for non-academics.
It is not a dry read and provides lots of additional reading references if you want to delve further.
Thoroughly enjoyable and a good way to understand Finland's history plus some of A very clear and concise biography on a most amazing man.
Thoroughly enjoyable and a good way to understand Finland's history plus some of Russia, Japan, and China from the s to Mar 24, William rated it really liked it Shelves: An excellent biography of the most-admired Finn as voted by the Finnish , in all his faults and glory.
In sections it reads very well, and at moments it is difficult to put aside. This biography spends more effort on Mannherheim's Asian journey as a spy which is still fascinating, nonetheless.
What an amazing life! Thank you Jonathan Clements for drawing my attention to this man for whom I hardly had an awareness of his existence.
Well written, engaging book that spans a fascinating period of history. Definitely worth a read.
View all 8 comments. Jul 18, Mark rated it really liked it. This biography isn't an exhaustive study of the most famous Finn or maybe second to Sibelius but why quibble?
More at www. Mark This biography isn't an exhaustive study of the most famous Finn or maybe second to Sibelius but why quibble? Mar 21, Andres rated it really liked it.
Fascinating man and a well written account. Main negative was i found they focused too much on his Asia trips and too little on his Finnish achievements.
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Read more Trivia About Mannerheim: Presi No trivia or quizzes yet. Welcome back. Rappe's line was placed close to the border and designed to protect two rail lines that crossed the border, which could be used in a counterattack toward Petrograd.
When Mannerheim resigned at the end of May, Rappe's plans were abandoned. The young nation possessed no guard troops and the border area was insecure.
Security of the border on the isthmus was the responsibility of the 2nd division and local White Guard units in June First efforts were weak depots without any concrete.
The Germans had ordered Colonel O. He was the first to suggest using the lake isthmuses, where smaller lakes like Lake Kuolemajärvi, Lake Muolaa, Lake Suvanto and the Taipaleenjoki river divided the Karelian Isthmus to the shorter land sections, as defensive positions, his plan was initially approved by the Finnish high command in August In October the Finnish government allocated , marks for the work, which was to be carried out by German and Finnish sappers as well as Russian prisoners of war.
However, the money allocated was insufficient and a lack of building materials and a qualified workforce hampered the building of proper fortifications.
The general staff discussed the issue, but Enckell's earlier plans were followed. Furthermore, insufficient funds resulted in a disagreement between the officers and Enckell resigned in Construction work was interrupted for a long period.
The prime contactor of the fortifications was the Finnish construction company Ab Granit Oy. The first hundred small bunkers were built in — The compression density of the concrete was too low to offer resistance to anything larger than medium artillery.
The second construction phase started on 1 April , with Fabritius in command of the construction work. He designed two new kinds of bunker, Ink 1 and Ink 2.
The bunkers were mainly designed for troop accommodation, but loopholes were crafted into armour plate in and A bunker was 15—20 meters in length and 5—6 meters wide.
A pioneer battalion constructed six bunkers in the Inkilä sector. Between and the defence budget was such that the Finns could only construct two or three bunkers per year.
In and they constructed two large strong-points, Sk 10 and Sj 4 in the Summankylä and Summajärvi areas. Two smaller bunkers, Le 6 and 7, in the Leipäsuo sector, and Ink 6, in the Inkilä sector, were also built.
New bunkers differed from earlier designs in that their troop accommodation was located between the gun chambers, thus saving the cost of expensive reinforced concrete ; the roof was protected by two to three metres of soil and one to three metres of stone rubble.
The Karelian defensive fortifications received considerably more funds and resources from May , as the European situation worsened.
The Finns built new strongholds and modernized the old ones. In Summakylä and Summajärvi they built two large Sk 11 bunkers, a "Peltola", a Sj 5, a "Miljoonalinnake", and an incomplete third Sk These bunkers had better fireshelters, ventilation and an observation cloche.
In Suurniemi near Muolaanjärvi , the Finns started the construction of seven new bunkers, Su 1—7. Two others, Su 3 and Su 4, were for accommodation, the rest were for machine guns.
They also modernised those structures built in the s. The older bunkers were given added flank-fire capability and enlarged.
Some bunkers' loopholes were simply closed-up as part of a plan to make them more suitable for accommodation or command posts. The line was still incomplete in November Soviet intelligence worked in Finland on multiple levels.
The Finnish communist party, run from the Soviet Union, had its own military reporting line to the Central Committee. Its intelligence concentrated on the Finnish army, taking notes on the locations of Finnish artillery and defensive positions.
The Finns exposed two espionage cases during the s. Vilho Pentikäinen, a photographer serving on the Finnish general Staff, escaped to the Soviet Union in The second case was of Simo Haukka; he took photographs and measured roads and terrain for Soviet intelligence in Soviet intelligence published a top-secret and very detailed photobook of the Finnish terrain and fortifications in The book included a seven-page report and 22 pages of maps and photographs.
Every issue was numbered, running probably only into dozens. It was called " Finland. Written Description of March Routes ". The guide included over pages of maps and photographs.
Along with the intelligence, the Soviet Union received a detailed map of the defences on the Isthmus. The line ran from the coast of the Gulf of Finland in the west, through Summa to the Vuoksi River and ended at Taipale in the east.
It consisted of machine gun positions and eight artillery positions built of concrete. The area around Summa was the most heavily fortified because it was thought to be the most vulnerable position.
These coastal artillery positions had 5", 6" and 10" guns. Unlike the French Maginot Line and other similar forts made with huge bunkers and lines of dragon's teeth , the Mannerheim Line was mostly built by utilizing the natural terrain.
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