The Generals of WWII
Generals from Finland
Österman
Hugo Viktor, Lieutenant-General
(1892 – 1975)
1919
- 1925
Commanding Officer 1st Regiment
1923
Commanding Officer Helsinki Civil Guard District
1924
- 1925
Chief of Staff Armed Forces High Command
1925
- 1928
General Officer Commanding 3rd Division
1928
- 1933
Inspector of Infantry
1929
Acting Chief of Section 4, General Staff
1929
Acting Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
1930
- 1931
Assistant Minister of War
1933
- 1939
Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
1939
- 1940
General Officer Commanding Army of the Karelian Isthmus
1940
- 1944
Inspector-General of Military Training
1940
- 1944
Chairman of the service Regulations Committee
1944
Representative of the Commander in Chief by the German Hign Command
1944
- 1946
Inspector of Infantry
Picture source: Courtesy of Valdis Kursietis