Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty - Alfred Jodl, Erich Raeder, Aksel Airo, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Mauno Koivisto (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: Alfred Jodl, Erich Raeder, Aksel Airo, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Mauno Koivisto, Walter Nowotny, Hans-Georg von Seidel, Mikkeli, Ferdinand Schorner, Fritz von Scholz, Erich Rudorffer, Ilmari Juutilainen, Herbert Otto Gille, Jorma Sarvanto, Franz Bohme, Eduard Dietl, Hans Jeschonnek, Reiner Stahel, Walter Schuck, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Rudolf von Ribbentrop, Gunther Korten, Karl von Le Suire, Rudolf Walden, Werner Toniges, Hans Kreysing, Gerhard Engel, Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Alexander Holle, Wilhelm Berlin, Karl Allmendinger, Hubert Schmundt, Erich Buschenhagen, Karl-Maria Demelhuber, Philipp Kleffel, Georg Ritter von Hengl, Paul Klatt, August Schmidt, Olaf Helset, Theodor Burchardi, Karl Weisenberger, Herbert Rieckhoff, Alois Windisch, Eugen-Heinrich Bleyer, Ferdinand Jodl, August Krakau, Hans Degen, Heinrich Kittel, Karl Schnorrer, Hermann Fischer, Eberhard Kinzel, Albert Wodrig, Otto Hoffmann von Waldau, Hans Butow, Kurt Bohmer, Felix Zymalkowski, Bernhard Paus, Fanni Luukkonen. Excerpt: Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (Swedish pronunciation: ) (4 June 1867 - 27 January 1951) was the Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defence Forces during World War II, Marshal of Finland and a politician. He was Regent of Finland (1918-1919) and the sixth President of Finland (1944-1946). Mannerheim was born in the Grand Principality of Finland, a territory of Imperial Russia, into a family of Swedish-speaking nobles settled in Finland since the late 18th century. His paternal German ancestor Marhein had emigrated to Sweden during the 17th century. His maternal ancestry has its roots in Sodermanland, Sweden. He made a career in the Russian army, rising to general. He also had a prominent place in the ceremonies for Tsar Nicholas II's coronation and later had several private meetings with the Russian Tsar. After the Bolshevik rev...