The Generals of WWII
Generals from Finland
Heiskanen
Kaarlo Aleksanteri, General of Infantry
(1894 – 1962)
1938
- 1939
Commanding Officer Tampere Regiment
1939
- 1940
Commanding Officer 17th Regiment
1940
Commanding Officer 7th Regiment
1940
General Officer Commanding 13th Division
1940
- 1941
General Officer Commanding Central Pohjanmaa Militarry District
1941
- 1944
General Officer Commanding 11th Division
1944
- 1945
General Officer Commanding Central Finland Militarry District
1945
- 1946
Chief of ? Section, Armed Forces High Command
1946
- 1949
Commanding Officer Light Brigade
1949
- 1953
General Officer Commanding 2nd Division
1953
- 1959
Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
Picture source: Courtesy of Valdis Kursietis