Mannerheim!

I enjoy reading this thread Kenraali!

 

First pic:Mannerheim greeting the German 163. division

Second pic: Mannerheim with Göring

Third: two pics from Mannerheim´s funeral

PS. Thanx Skipper!

 

Very interesting thread, Kai-Petri!

Our countries are neighbors, but very little is known about Mannerheim in Norway, so thanx for the briefing...

Regards
RAM

 

Well done, Kai! A very interesting read!

 

Thanx Guys!

It´s always great to see people enjoyed reading about Mannerheim!

 

Good news to the Mannerheim film.

Michael P. Flannigan had joined the producer team according to the latest news.

Michael P. Flannigan

I think his Filmography is starting to look pretty convincing....Hope he stays in the producer team!!

 

Mannerheim visiting the front line.

 

Some new footage:

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And his speech to the troops after the end of Winter War!

Mannerheim's Speech to the Troops

 

I have a little question. It isn't really about mannerheim, but is it true that during the winter war, the finns had 250,000 men and only 30 tanks and 130 aircraft ????

It is similar to the number of men of the first french army on august 1944 (it increase after), but this army had at least 650 tanks and 500 aircrafts (of the 1st french corps, not including the french air force planes that served in other allied units).

 

Clems here are a few good sites,

The Finnish Winter War 1939-1940

TANKS!

FMP - Finnish Air Force in Winter War 1939 - 1940

 

I´d put it closer to something 500,000 men. No tanks ( all we got we took from the Red Army and I don´t call old WW1 Fiats we had tanks ) mainly some armored cars. Some 200 planes if all counted together I recall.

 

Hitler´s visit to Finland summer 1942

You can see some extra pics of the visit and Hitler´s plane on this site, also a pic of men working on the burnt tires of Hitler´s plane.

virtualpilots.fi: WW2History-AarreLeppa.html

 

Well, the finns did very well if so. Their forces were pretty small.

 

Salattu elokuva - Mannerheimin vierailu Sudenpesässä - Ilta-Sanomat

Official footage from Mannerheim´s visit to Hitler and Göring in July 1942. Seems like he visited also Göring´s Karinhalle. 3 min and 25 secs after the car advertisement...

 

My friend is about to buy some Mannerheim´s collar tabs, one pair used in 1942, and one pair unused. I got two photos of different unused ones ( and Field Marshall ) that he received form the seller. I also include a photo from the museum where you can see the Field Marshall original collar tabs and uniform.

 

An autograph with dedication to a relative, by then Finland probably was out of war already. And the happy owner is me.