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	Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 prison camps and of lengthy trials.
		Mannerheim bought Kirkniemi manor in Lohja and intended to spend his retirement there, but in 1947 he had an ulcer operated on and it was recommended that he should travel to the Valmont sanatorium in Montreux, Switzerland to recuperate and write his memoirs.
		Mannerheim supported Finland's military industry and sought (in vain) to establish a military defence union with Sweden.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim (2844 words)

	Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
		Mannerheim was to command Finland’s military during the Winter War from 1939-1940 when Russia attacked after her occupation of eastern Poland at the start of World War Two.
		As well as fighting a military campaign against the Russians, Mannerheim was also concerned that Finland should not be seen as being pro-Germany and as a result of this he developed a political role as well as his military one.
		Mannerheim encouraged Finland to take part in the anti-Bolshevik campaign during the Russian Civil War, but the failure of this led to him retiring from the military.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /carl_gustaf_mannerheim.htm (671 words)

	Carl Mannerheim
		Mannerheim was known to be an opponent of democracy and parliamentary government and unsurprisingly failed to win election as president in July 1919.
		A delegation from the "peace opposition" asked Mannerheim to assume leadership of the peace movement, according to a usually reliable Swedish source.
		Finnish defences were gradually overwhelmed and on 4th September 1944, Mannerheim, now president of Finland, was forced to sign a peace treaty with Joseph Stalin.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWmannerheim.htm (1172 words)

	C.G.E.Mannerheim, the Marshal of Finland — Virtual Finland
		Mannerheim took part in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-05 as a staff officer in the Nezhinski Dargoon Regiment and was promoted to colonel in the battlefield.
		Mannerheim could foresee the trouble Finland, whose independence was not yet generally acknowledged, would face by being too friendly with Germany, which was losing the war.
		After and partly during the war, relations between Mannerheim and the Senate gradually became tense as the Commander-in-Chief did not approve of the Senate's pro-German policy.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/mannerheim.html (1276 words)

	Celsius Centre for Scandinavian Studies
		Mannerheim was a different case because he spent about half of his life away from the homeland where he is remembered most, fighting other causes for other reasons.
		Mannerheim knew how vital it would be that Finland end fighting with the ominous victors of the war and exonerate ties with the soon to be losers.
		Mannerheim was inaugurated as President of Finland on 4 August 1944, a post at which he served for just two years.
	www.ssn.flinders.edu.au /scanlink/nornotes/vol6/articles/lashcuk.html (2076 words)

	Stamp of Sophie Mannerheim
		She was daughter of a count and sister of a former Finnish President, marshal Carl Gustav Mannerheim.
		Baroness Sophie Mannerheim was, together with Dr. Arvo Ylppö, founder of the Children's Hospital (Lastenlinna) in Helsinki as well as the Mannerheim League for Children's Welfare.
		Her career started as a bank employee for 6 years until she got married in 1896.
	home.c2i.net /amd/finwomen/mannerheim.htm (146 words)

	Top Story - 2 Nations Claim War Hero - The St. Petersburg Times. General news from St.Petersburg and Russia
		Mannerheim was sufficiently broad-minded in regard to the affairs of the great powers, to refuse to actively participate in the Siege of Leningrad or to cut traffic connections to Murmansk.
		In 1896, holding the rank of lieutenant, Mannerheim was appointed a junior assistant to Tsar Nicholas II at his coronation in Moscow.
		Mannerheim had a rare ability to reconcile the national interests of a small, northern country with those of the great powers.
	archive.sptimes.ru /archive/times/1038/top/t_14679.htm (973 words)

	Go2War2.nl - Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf Emil
		Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim werd geboren op 4 juni 1867 in Louhisaari.
		Mannerheim nam zijn ontslag en vertrok naar het buitenland, waar hij ondanks zijn onofficiële positie, de politiek van de winnaars van de oorlog Frankrijk en Groot-Brittannië wist te beïnvloeden in het voordeel van Finland.
		Hij was het derde kind van graaf Carl Robert Mannerheim en zijn vrouw Helena von Julin.
	www.go2war2.nl /artikel/580 (1216 words)

	About the Mannerheim-museum
		There are gifts and formal addresses which Mannerheim received from both the State and the citizens of Finland, and serve to remind us of his work for the nation, a contribution he made not only in the military and political field but also in the humanitarian field.
		After his death in January 1951, it was suggested that Mannerheim’s home should be temporarily opened to the public.
		Mannerheim, who lost his childhood home in early youth and travelled much in his adult life, was very attached to the villa at Kaivopuisto.
	www.mannerheim-museo.fi /mus_eng.htm (581 words)

	About Mannerheim
		Mannerheim hoped that through his philanthropic activities some of the scars and wounds, which the Civil War had left in the Finnish nation might be healed.
		In January 1918, as the revolution spread to Finland, Mannerheim was appointed Commander in Chief of the troops of the legal government.
		Carl Gustaf Mannerheim was born June 4, 1867, at Louhisaari Manor, in Askainen near Turku.
	www.mannerheim-museo.fi /mheim_eng.htm (1013 words)

	Exhibition for Mannerheim in St. Petersburg / All culture news of St. Petersburg / Petersburg CITY / Guide to St. Petersburg, Russia
		Mannerheim seems to be experiencing a renaissance of sorts in St. Petersburg.
		The symbolic nature of the opening of the exhibition on Tuesday was underscored by the presence of former President Mauno Koivisto, Chief of Defence Juhani Kaskeala, and Mannerheim’s aide-de-camp Rafael Bдckman.
		The exhibition is perhaps not so much a rehabilitation as an honourable homecoming to a country that Mannerheim served for more than a third of his life.
	www.petersburgcity.com /news/culture/2005/02/02/mannerheim (711 words)

	Mannerheim: hero in Finland - and Russia — Virtual Finland
		During this period Mannerheim not only reached the rank of lieutenant general and was appointed Commander of the Cavalry Corps of the Imperial Army, he was also known personally to the emperor and became a member of his suite.
		Mannerheim’s career in the service of two states is an intriguing story that excites curiosity.
		General Mannerheim was decorated with the St. George’s Cross for gallantry and was famous for his military skill and efficacy.
	virtual.finland.fi /netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=33711 (1247 words)

	CULTURE and HISTORY: Marshal C.G.E. Mannerheim
		They were incorporated into Mikkeli's coat-of-arms to mark Mannerheim's 75th birthday in 1942 and in 1944, after the war had ended, he granted permission for a Cross of Liberty Class IV with ribbon to added to the coat of arms in commemoration of the years that the headquarters had been located in the town.
		General Mannerheim, as he then was, also stayed at the hotel, which was destroyed in an air raid in 1940.
		The office where Commander-in-Chief Mannerheim worked during the Second World War has been restored to the condition in which he left it.
	www.publiscan.fi /cu03e-8.htm (689 words)

	Gustaf Mannerheim
		Freiherr Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (sprich: Mannerhejm) (* 4.
		Das Geschlecht Mannerheim stammt von Henrik Marhein ab Hauptbuchhalter in der Palmstruch-Bank.
		Marschall Mannerheim war zweiter Sohn des Grafen Carl Robert Mannerheim in dessen erster Ehe mit Hedvig Charlotta von Julin (gest.
	www.uni-protokolle.de /Lexikon/Gustaf_Mannerheim.html (733 words)

	Carl Mannerheim
		He fought in both the Russo-Japanese War and World War I. After the Russian Revolution, Finland declared independence and Mannerheim became the Supreme Commander and regent of Finland.
		Finnish hero Carl Mannerheim was an officer in the Russian Army.
		When the Soviets invaded Finland in 1939, Mannerheim returned to become commander of Finnish forces.
	www.multied.com /bio/people/Mannerheim.html (84 words)

	Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliitto - General information
		The Mannerheim League is the largest child welfare organization in Finland.
		The Mannerheim League produces diverse services; home-help provides families with short-term child-care services and longer-term special services such as home care for disabled and chronically ill children.
		Many local governments also purchase services offered by the Mannerheim League.
	www.mll.fi /mll-info/in_english/general_information (573 words)

	The history of the Mannerheim Line, part 2
		The strength of the Mannerheim Line was mostly based on common field fortifications, which were built during the summer of '39 and mobilization.
		There were 11 roads which run through the Mannerheim Line
		It's indeed fair to say that the cornerstone of the Finnish defenses were the concrete fortifications, but unlike the Soviet propaganda during and after the war painted, the Mannerheim Line was light-years behind the massive fortress complexes of the Maginot Line.
	www.winterwar.com /M-Line/M-Line2.htm (1494 words)

	history, nationalism, identity
		Mannerheim was (and is) revered for his dutiful military performance during WW2, but he is also remembered as the leader of the White army during the bloody civil war - a hero for many, a villain for some.
		Mannerheim himself was strictly against such memorials during his lifetime.
		More about the memorial project can be found at mannerheim.fi, even a movie - unfortunately only in Finnish.
	www.ainurin.net /history/lahti.htm (383 words)

	CULTURE et HISTOIRE: Le maréchal C.G.E. Mannerheim
		Le général Mannerheim habitait aussi dans cet hôtel qui fut détruit par les bombardements en 1940.
		eu d'hommes, s'il y en a, n'aura eu autant d'influence que le baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, maréchal de Finlande, sur les destinées de la Finlande qui a célèbre en 1997 le 80ème anniversaire de son indépendance.
		Mannerheim incarne la défense victorieuse de la Finlande contre un ennemi supérieur en nombre.
	www.publiscan.fi /cu03f-8.htm (677 words)

	Untitled Document
		Mannerheim served as the Regent until 1919 and signed the constitution of the Republic of Finland in July 1919.
		Mannerheim opposed the German relief troops coming to Finland, and he resigned already in May. After president Svinhufvud resigned, the Parliament nominated Mannerheim the Regent of Finland.
		Mannerheim began his career in the military academy, but was soon dismissed because of mischief.
	www.aktivist.fi /inenglish/m.html (1531 words)

	HS Foreign 10.10.2003 - Extensive Mannerheim exhibition planned for Russia
		A group of Finns are planning an extensive exhibition in Russia on the life of Marshal CGE Mannerheim, the wartime commander-in-chief of Finland's defence forces.
		The exhibition will also present Mannerheim as leader of the White forces in Finland's Civil War of 1918, as the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces during the Winter War and the Continuation War with the Soviet Union, and as the Finnish President.
		The purpose of the exhibition is to go beyond Mannerheim's Tsarist Russian military background, and to examine his whole life.
	www2.helsinginsanomat.fi /english/archive/news.asp?id=20031010IE2 (309 words)

	Marmon history
		Between the two wars, at the end of '20s, Mannerheim was a civilian becuse he did not agree with the government politics and so he had no official car in his use.
		It is somewhat unclear if the Marmon ever really belonged to Mannerheim, but at least he used it like his own car on his trips around the country and to the middle Europe.
		Even though he had no official position Mannerheim was very respected person between the wars.
	www.tky.hut.fi /~marmon/Marmon_history.htm (1073 words)

	Kyrgyzstan Trip Report
		Mannerheim rode on horseback all the way from Samarkand to Tian Shan Mountains and to East Turkestan, from where he continued to China, all the way to Peking.
		Mannerheim travelled, first by river boat along the Volga to Astrakhan, then to Petrovsk (Makhachkala) in Dagestan, and Baku, Azerbaijan, from where he took a ship over the Caspian to Krasnovodsk (today's Türkmenbashy, Turkmenistan).
		In 1906-1908 a young Finnish colonel Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was sent for an expedition to Turkestan, in the czar's military intelligence service.
	www.osme.org /osmetrip/kirgtrp4.html (5712 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Exhibitions
		Carl Gustaf Mannerheim was born on 4 June 1867 on the family estate of Louhisaari.
		During the Second World War Mannerheim headed the government and was forced to conclude an alliance with Germany, however he refused to lead his troops in the storming of Leningrad.
		Carl Gustaf Mannerheim honestly and professionally served as a field officer of the Russian Army.
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/04/2005/hm4_1_96.html (622 words)

	Mannerheim Line > Main
		I think the strenght of the Mannerheim Line was first of all in the people who protected their native land just as the Russians were near to Moscow in the winter 1941.
		The line where Soviet troops were stopped has been named the "Mannerheim Line" in honour of the chief commander of Finnish army, former Russian General Carl Mannerheim.
		Soviet sappers destroyed all the remaining installations of the Mannerheim Ine in the summer of 1940.
	www.nortfort.ru /mline/index_e.html (783 words)

	Suuret Suomalaiset - Ehdokkaat
		Mannerheim oli jo omana aikanaan Suomen tunnetuimpia henkilöitä myös ulkomailla.
		Mannerheim haudattiin Hietaniemen sankarihautausmaalle helmikuussa 1951 suurin sotilaallisin juhlamenoin.
		Mannerheim korosti ulkopolitiikkaa ja kansainvälisten voimasuhteiden ymmärtämistä kotimaisen sisäpoliittisen hajanaisuuden sijasta.
	www.yle.fi /suuretsuomalaiset/ehdokkaat/ehdokkaat.php?list=M&id=53 (178 words)

	AllRefer.com - Baron Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim (Scandinavian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Of a distinguished Swedish-Finnish family in Russian-controlled Finland, Mannerheim rose to the rank of general in the czarist army.
		Baron Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim, Scandinavian History, Biographies
		The Mannerheim Line, a fortified line of defense across the Karelian Isthmus, was planned by him.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Mannerhe.html (310 words)

	Mannerheim Cross
		The Mannerheim Cross, First Class was awarded to marshal Carl Gustaf Mannerheim and general Axel Heinrichs.
		The Mannerheim Cross (Mannerheim-risti) is a Finnish military decoration introduced after the Winter War and named after the marshal Carl Gustaf Mannerheim.
		The Mannerheim Cross, Second Class was awarded to 191 persons.
	www.fact-index.com /m/ma/mannerheim_cross.html (102 words)

	Moviefone: Mannerheim Line Movie
		Synopsis: The Mannerheim Line was the first feature-length documentary of the Soviet-Finnish war to be released in the United States.
		Mannerheim Line movie trailer, showtimes, tickets and reader reviews are also available.
		The NY Times review of Mannerheim Line, a film starring and.
	movies.aol.com /movie/main.adp?mid=1188757 (275 words)

	Gustaf Mannerheim - susning.nu
		Född 4 juni 1867 i Villnäs, Finland, som Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
		Gustaf Mannerheim inledde sin karriär i den ryska armén 1889 som kavallerilöjtnant.
		Mannerheimstatyn i Helsingfors föreställer Mannerheim ridande på en häst (en passgångare!)
	www.susning.nu /Gustaf_Mannerheim (142 words)

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