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Mannerheim secured recognition of Finnish independence from Britain and the United States. In July 1919, after he had confirmed a new, republican constitution, Mannerheim stood as a candidate in the first presidential election , with parliament as the electors.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finland’s most famous military leader, helped his countrymen earn “their own independent lives within the family of free peoples.” Before that, he served in the Russian military for many years; article includes slideshow.
Il barone Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim è stato un generale, politico e statista finlandese. È considerato l'eroe nazionale finlandese. Reggente di Finlandia dal 1918 al 1919, comandante supremo delle Forze di difesa finlandesi durante la seconda guerra mondiale, divenne poi presidente della Repubblica finlandese dal 1944 al 1946.
Following the October Revolution in 1917 in Russia, the newly independent Republic of Finland found work for Mannerheim, who had been relieved of his duties in the Russian Army in September. The Finnish Senate began disarming Russian garrisons on Finnish territory and expelling them from the country.
When Parliament elected Mannerheim president in August 1944, Finland’s independence was in great danger. Finland had been at war with the Soviet Union for three years and had had a military alliance with Germany.
31 mag 2024 · Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Finnish military leader and conservative statesman who successfully defended Finland against greatly superior Soviet forces during World War II and served as the country’s president (1944–46).
4 giu 2021 · Both at home and abroad, Mannerheim is known as the founding father of independent Finland – the man who led Finnish forces through the brutal Winter War and Continuation War and served as the only soldier to ever hold the Finnish Presidency, as he helped lead the transition from war to peace from 1944 to 1946.
