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Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (Swedish pronunciation: ) (4 June 1867 27 January 1951) was the Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defence Forces, Marshal of Finland and a politician. He was Regent of Finland (19181919) and the sixth President of Finland (19441946). Mannerheim was born in the Grand Duchy of Finland, a territory of Imperial Russia, into a family of Finland Swedish 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 Sdermanland, Sweden.. He made a career in the Russian army, rising to general. After the Bolshevik revolution, Finland declared its independence but was soon embroiled in a civil war along class lines. The workers overwhelmingly held a socialist ("Red") creed and bourgeois, farmers, and small businessmen held a capitalist ("White") creed. Mannerheim became the military chief of the Whites. Twenty years later, when Finland was at war with the Soviet Union from 19391944, Mannerheim was appointed commander of the country's armed forces. The Mannerheim family descends from a German businessman and mill owner from Hamburg, Hinrich Marhein (16181667), who emigrated to Gvle in Sweden and changed his name to Henrik. His son Augustin Marhein changed his surname to Mannerheim, and was raised to the nobility in 1693. His son, an artillery colonel and a mill supervisor, Johan Augustin Mannerheim, was raised to the status of Baron at the same time as his brother in 1768. The Mannerheim family came to Finland, then an integral part of Sweden, in the latter part of 18th century. (It was long believed that Hinrich Marhein had emigrated to Sweden from the Netherlands, but recent studies have shown this be... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=164614We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Field Marshals of Finland: Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. To get started finding Field Marshals of Finland: Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 44

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Publisher: Books LLC

Release: 2010

ISBN: 1156270073

Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (Swedish pronunciation: ) (4 June 1867 27 January 1951) was the Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defence Forces, Marshal of Finland and a politician. He was Regent of Finland (19181919) and the sixth President of Finland (19441946). Mannerheim was born in the Grand Duchy of Finland, a territory of Imperial Russia, into a family of Finland Swedish 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 Sdermanland, Sweden.. He made a career in the Russian army, rising to general. After the Bolshevik revolution, Finland declared its independence but was soon embroiled in a civil war along class lines. The workers overwhelmingly held a socialist ("Red") creed and bourgeois, farmers, and small businessmen held a capitalist ("White") creed. Mannerheim became the military chief of the Whites. Twenty years later, when Finland was at war with the Soviet Union from 19391944, Mannerheim was appointed commander of the country's armed forces. The Mannerheim family descends from a German businessman and mill owner from Hamburg, Hinrich Marhein (16181667), who emigrated to Gvle in Sweden and changed his name to Henrik. His son Augustin Marhein changed his surname to Mannerheim, and was raised to the nobility in 1693. His son, an artillery colonel and a mill supervisor, Johan Augustin Mannerheim, was raised to the status of Baron at the same time as his brother in 1768. The Mannerheim family came to Finland, then an integral part of Sweden, in the latter part of 18th century. (It was long believed that Hinrich Marhein had emigrated to Sweden from the Netherlands, but recent studies have shown this be... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=164614We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Field Marshals of Finland: Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. To get started finding Field Marshals of Finland: Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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