The Generals of WWII
Generals from Finland
Oesch
Karl Lennart, Lieutenant-General
(1892 – 1978)
1918
Commanding Officer 18th Jäger Battalion
1920
Deputy Chief General Staff
1920
- 1923
Commanding Officer Viipuri Regiment
1923
- 1926
Attended Ecole Supérieure de Guerre, Paris
1926
- 1929
Commandant of the Military Academy
1929
- 1930
General Officer Commanding 1st Division
1930
- 1940
Chief General Staff
1932
Minister of the Interior
1940
General Officer Commanding Coastal Group
1940
Chief General Staff
1940
- 1941
General Officer Commanding II Corps
1941
- 1942
General Officer Commanding IV Corps
1942
- 1944
General Officer Commanding Aunus Group
1944
General Officer Commanding Army of Karelian Isthmus
1944
Chief General Staff
1944
- 1945
Commander in Chief Ground Forces
Picture source: Courtesy of Valdis Kursietis