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	Hjalmar Siilasvuo
		Hjalmar Fridolf Siilasvuo (1892 - 1947) was a Finnish general who lead troops in the Winter War, Continuation War and Lapland War.
		As a colonel Siilasvuo lead the Finnish defence at Kuhmo[?] and in the Battle of Suomussalmi.
		His son Ensio Siilasvuo[?] is also a general in the Finnish army.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hj/Hjalmar_Siilasvuo.html (101 words)

	Fire and Ice: History
		Siilasvuo had no anti-tank guns and no heavy weapons but he was armed with troops that were mobile and as many of his men lived in this area the land was known by his troops.
		Siilasvuo was also aware that the Soviet’s were somewhat in disarray as the northern and southern regiments were having issues with communications.
		Siilasvuo’s choice for these roadblocks were outstanding as they were flanked by open frozen water – which meant the Soviets would have to attack in mass over open ground to break these blocks.
	www.wfyi.org /fireandice/history/battles_3.htm (3328 words)

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		JR 27 came to the region, and colonel Hjalmar Siilasvuo was called to be the Finns‘ new commander.
		Only with difficulty were the troops, led by Siilasvuo, able to fend it off in the middle of their own preparations for an attack, in which also took part two regiments coming to aid from Southern Finland (JR 64 and JR 65).
		Siilasvuo divided his division to four detachments, which, south of the road to Raate, attacked to Haukila, Tyynelä, Likoharju and Raate.
	www.raatteenportti.fi /historyeng.html (1405 words)

	Sinibaretti-lehti/Summary for the New Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Sc.) h.c., Ensio Siilasvuo was born to an officer family as the youngest child.
		His father was the famous Finnish general Hjalmar Siilasvuo who made his reputation as the hero of Suomussalmi and Kuhmo in the Winter War 1939 - 1940.
		Ensio Siilasvuo volunteered to the Finnish Army in 1941 and served until 1945 as a platoon leader, company commander and chief of staff of an infantry regiment.
	www.sinibarettiliitto.fi /lehti/1_03/summary.htm (368 words)

	The Battle of Suomussalmi, 8 - 30 December 1939 , part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Hjalmar Siilasvuo who was ordered to take command of the troops in the Suomussalmi area at 2000 hrs on 8 Dec and to destroy the Soviet troops in the area.
		The Group Siilasvuo had received 3 separate companies, which were distributed as follows; one 1./ I T/P-KR (the 1st company of the replacement battalion, North Karelia Group) was attached to the JR 27 and the other two, Er.K Siitonen and Er.K Huhanantti were attached to the Er.P 15.
		Siilasvuo accepted the proposal of the commander of the JR 27 to cancel the attacks, especially when he heard from the P-SR HQ that a substantial number of troops were on their way to the area.
	www.winterwar.com /Battles/Suomussalmi.htm (5430 words)

	WW2DB: Hjalmar Siilasvuo
		Siilasvuo was a colonel that Mannerheim assigned to lead JR-27, Finnish troops sent to oppose two Red Army divisions, the 163rd and 44th, at Suomussalmi during the Winter War.
		Siilasvuo fought the 163rd division, full aware that if ever the 163rd and 44th met up, it would all be over for the defenders of Suomussalmi.
		The 44th were a crack division, but their expertise was fast moving mechanised warfare, and the terrain meant the had to leave their heavier equipment behind, go slowly with what they had, and the unit had plenty of skis but few in the division could ski.
	ww2db.com /person_bio.php?person_id=92 (528 words)

	17 November 1941 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Hjalmar Siilasvuo, CO of the III Corps, orders his corps to halt all offensive operations.
		Siilasvuo's corps is subordinated to the German 20th Mountain Army, and had been involved in succesful offensive operations, advancing towards Louhi.
		Siilasvuo naturally could not let the Germans know the true reasons for calling the advance to halt, thus the decision is justified by stiffening Soviet resistance.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1941/11/17.htm (243 words)

	Personalities relating to Norway during WW2 A
		Siilasvuo was a volunteer to German service during WW1 with ”Jegerkorps 27”.
		Siilasvuo led the Finnish offensive against the Germans in 1944 in North Finland.
		Ragnar Sigvald Skancke was born in 1890, and had been a member of NS for many years.
	www.nuav.net /personalitiess.html (652 words)

	Defeat in Salla
		The operation command was given to Generalleutenant Hans Feige, a career officer with four decades experience, and Brigadier General Hjalmar Siilasvuo, the Finnish hero of Soumussalmi.
		Siilasvuo, meanwhile, would cover Feiges southern flank while leading a Finnish advance on the railroad at Loukhi, 70 miles inside Soviet territory.
		Siilasvuo commanded the Finnish III Corps, numbering another 12,000 men.
	stosstruppen39-45.tripod.com /id5.html (1432 words)

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		At Suomussalmi, Col. Hjalmar Siilasvuo would be asked to stop two full-strength Soviet divisions.
		Siilasvuo had some advantages: His men knew the terrain, almost all of them could ski, and the Soviets came up the roads at his positions one division at a time.
		But Siilasvuo’s men, soon re-designated the 9th Division, destroyed first the 163rd Rifle Division and then the 44th “Blue” Motorized Rifle Division, a first-line regular army unit from western Ukraine.
	www.avalanchepress.com /gameBOS.html (621 words)

	Fighting the Russians in Winter: three case studies
		These reserve units had never before served together, but coordination was good because all of the regimental commanders and the division commander, Col. Hjalmar Siilasvuo, were veterans of the 27th Jager Battalion, That unit of some 1,800 Finnish volunteers had fought in the Kaiser's army against the Russians in the First World War.
		(In contrast, many of Siilasvuo's men were lumberjacks in peacetime.) The crew of the Finns' lone airplane* spotted advance elements of the 44th Motorized Infantry Division as early as 13 December, and they estimated that the main components were on the Raate road by the twenty-fourth.
		Siilasvuo allocated six of his eight field guns to Makiniemi, because he had to attack the strongest known enemy concentration - in the Haukila area.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/Chew/CHEW.asp (15835 words)

	Who is the greatest soldier of all time? Free Dating, Singles and Personals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Colonel Hjalmar Siilasvuo---commanded a Finland Army of 300,000 men and women, the Finland Reserves and Defenses Forces during the 1939-40 "Winter War" between Finland and the USSR.
		Siilasvuo's forces faced the invading Soviet army of 500,000 troops, 2000 artillary pieces, 2000 tanks and 1000 airplanes.
		Stalin found it necessary to send an additional one million troops into Finland before a peace was declared on both sides.
	forums.plentyoffish.com /datingPosts1618060.aspx (871 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Lapland War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Finns' task was complicated by the Soviet demand that the major part of Finnish armed forces must be demobilized at the same time, even during the campaign against the Germans.
		The Finnish general Hjalmar Siilasvuo, the victor of Suomussalmi, led the operations against the Germans.
		In October and November 1944, he drove them out of most of northern Finland.
	encyclopedia.kids.net.au /page/la/Lapland_War (470 words)

	"AXIS & LEGION MILITARIA" - Axis & Legion Militaria
		During operation "Polar Fox," Lt. General Hans Feige took command of 40,600 men and 8000 SS Police German troops including the Finnish 6th Division with 12,000 men.
		While Brigadier General Hjalmar Siilasvuo commanded the Finnish 3rd Corps took 12,000 men.
		The drive towards Salla by Feige's men had suffered 5,500 casualties while Siilasvuo's troops had advanced 64kms short of their objective.
	axis101.bizland.com /Finland2.htm (1590 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - most underrated military commanders
		In many occasions, Finnish Army also knew those plans and was able to make some preparations.
		For example, during the Winter War, Finnish radio intelligence informed General Hjalmar Siilasvuo, who commanded one infantry division at that moment, that Russian 44th Infantry Division was jammed at Raate Road while 163rd Infantry Division occupied the village of Suomussalmi area.
		Siilasvuo first defeated 163rd Division and then attacked and crushed 44th Infantry Division.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/printthread.php?t=214833 (1770 words)

	TIME.com: Cool-off in Finland -- Oct. 23, 1944 -- Page 1
		Colonel General Lothar Rendulic had two divisions in the far north based on the Norwegian port of Kirkenes (35 miles northwest of Petsamo); three divisions were based farther south on the railroad town of Rovaniemi (65 miles north of the Gulf of Bothnia).
		Finnish General Hjalmar Siilasvuo, with five divisions, began a drive from the south, slowly pushed the Germans back.
		With their direct route to Germany cut off, the Nazis could retreat into Norway or into neutral Sweden.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,932464,00.html (592 words)

	The Finnish Winter War
		Russian troop strength totaled 48,000 men, 335 cannon, 100 tanks and 50 armored cars.
		The Finnish defenders reinforced from a few thousand now numbered 17,000 with 11 cannons under the command of Colonel Hjalmar Siilasvuo; his only hope was to defeat the Russians in detail.
		To slow down the 163rd in the north, Finnish ski troops made wide circling flanking movements of 20 to 30 miles under cover of the long night and caught the rear and middle parts of the column by surprise.
	www.kaiku.com /winterwar.html (2789 words)

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