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5 unusual facts about Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim


Carl Gustaf Mannerheim

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867–1951), soldier, statesman, and President of Finland; grandson of the entomologist

East Karelian concentration camps

These camps were organized by the armed forces supreme commander Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.

Fingerpori

As well as the Fingerporians, the strip has included characters such as the Pope, The Phantom, Spider-Man, Adolf Hitler, Kimi Räikkönen and Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.

Hans-Georg von Seidel

Upon the occasion of the 75th birthday of the Marshal of Finland, Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Hitler flew to Finland to visit him.

Marmon Motor Car Company

Statesman and national hero of Finland Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim's representational car was a Marmon E-75.


Aftermath of the Winter War

In the 2004 television programme Suuret suomalaiset (Great Finns) the Finns voted three World War II persons in the top four: Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1st), Risto Ryti (2nd), and Adolf Ehrnrooth (4th).

Chevalier Guard Regiment

Many famous men served as Chevalier Guards including Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Denis Davydov, Mikhail Skobelev, Aleksandr Rodzyanko, Pavlo Skoropadskyi and Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.

Peter Berngardovich Struve

With the Russian Civil War raging and his life in danger Struve had to flee; and after a three-month journey arrived in Finland, where he negotiated with Gen. Nikolai Yudenich and the Finnish leader Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim before leaving for Western Europe.


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