Aksel Airo
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Aksel Fredrik Airo was a Finnish lieutenant general and main strategic planner during the Winter War and the Continuation War. He was the virtual second-in-command of the Finnish army under Field Mars
Aksel Airo in 1940
Aksel Airo (left), with C.G.E. Mannerheim (right) and Erik Heinrichs
Erik Heinrichs
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Axel Erik Heinrichs was a Finnish military general. He was Finland's Chief of the General Staff during the Interim Peace and Continuation War and Chief of Defence for a short time after the war.
Aksel Airo
…independence. His father changed the original, Swedish, family name Johansson to Airo (lit. "oar"). Aksel Airo (left), with C.G.E. Mannerheim (right) and Erik Heinrichs During the Civil War in Finland (1918), Airo served in the artillery on the White side, taking part in battles near Viipuri. At the end of the war he…
Army's commander-in-chief Axel Erik Heinrichs