The Generals of WWII
Generals from Finland
Sihvo
Aarne, General of Infantry
(1889 – 1963)
1918
Comamnding Officer Voiksen Front
1918
Commanding Officer Forces in Karelia
1918
General Officer Commanding Karelian Corps
1918
General Officer Commanding 3rd Division
1918
- 1919
In reserve
1919
- 1920
Representative to the League of Nations
1920
- 1921
Military Attaché to France & Switzerland
1921
Employment on special duties, Ministry of Defence
1921
- 1923
Commanding Officer Assault Regiment
1923
- 1925
Commandant of the Military Academy
1925
- 1926
Chief of Finnish delegation to the Italian Military Academy
1926
- 1928
Acting Commander in Chief of the Defence Forces
1928
- 1933
Commander in Chief of the Defence Forces
1933
- 1938
Inspector-General of the Defence Forcers
1938
- 1941
Chief of the Civil Defence, Ministry of Interior
1941
- 1944
Commander in Chief Anti-Aircraft Defence Headquarters
1944
- 1946
Chief of the Civil Defence Ministry of Interior
1946
- 1953
Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
1953
Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Valdis Kursietis