In 1943 was the supreme commander of the Mannerheim heavy. 75 years of age Mannerheim was during that year, twice at death’s door. Danger was not caused by enemy bombs and desanteista, but the common cold.

on April 1. day, mannerheim’s condition deteriorated rapidly and the symptoms pointed to pneumonia. Drugs, however, bite and acute danger to life had been passed in a few days.

in November, the commander in chief was checking out Pitchfork and Dragsvik defence, when he again had a cold. Fever over 39 degrees and the Mikkeli headquarters was really worried. The spirit doctor Fish forecast Mannerheim opportunities 80-20 – death.

the Headquarters one was above the rest

snapshots are extracted from the national defence university military history assistant professor of Mikko Karjalainen the book of mannerheim’s headquarters. War time led to staff 1918-1944. It is perhaps a little surprisingly, the first full presentation of war-time headquarters.

the headquarters of the events itself has been studied a lot, but the perspective has been at the individual officer when the organizational formation. Mannerheim is probably written more than anyone Finnish.

but the overall presentation is lacking, the answer to what was meant when it was said: the Headquarters decided.

Mikkeli from the Mikko Karjalainen interested in from Headquarters, even as a child.Rami Moilanen / Yle

the title of the Book already reveals, who is the main character. Headquarters, worked in the winter war at the beginning of the more than 300 people, among them as civilians and soldiers. Generals headquarters was nine. One, however, was above all others.

– Mannerheim in the absence of the big decisions expected. Whether it’s a new reserve-the age group having the duty or extensive troop movements of the fronts, their need was mannerheim’s signature, Mikko Karjalainen said.

at the Same Karjalainen points out that recent wars have been a one-man show.

– Warfare from the perspective of management Mannerheim was expendable. Was a professional men, who were trained to use effectively armored divisions or to draw up the operation plan. The war in the leadership of Mannerheim instead was a man in place.

the headquarters of the rules of procedure were defined already before the winter war ignition. The headquarters was divided into departments, they were named staff, and everyone knew what was expected of him.

I Saw the grass roots level. The closer the organization comes to mannerheim on, the more he himself defined the division of labor. Mannerheim also complained in his immediate circle of familiar officers. Thus he had acted already during the civil war.

mannerheim’s position as commander in chief was during the war, therefore, undeniable. In this example, the situation of the winter war at the beginning, when the headquarters of the operations division presented the dissenting opinion of the supreme commander’s decision. Mikko Karjalainen, according to the corresponding situation would not have become a question of war at a later stage.

the headquarters of the city Mikkeliä bombed drastically in the winter war. Mannerheim’s place to stay the hotel Seurahuone was destroyed in the bombing.Mikkeli city museums image collection. Insecure Headquarters

in Mikkeli was all of the last century, the war of the headquarters of the city: there was so civil war white army as winter-, post – and Lapland war.

One of the Mikkeli assets was bedrock. The winter war under the headquarters of the placement I was wondering also Pieksämäki, but the city lacked a large enough rock, where excavation protection facilities headquarters.

Mikko Karjalainen according to the Headquarters, unlike the army, was well prepared for the upcoming war.

the winter war 30. in November 1939 all were in a few days ready. Not only to protect the facilities. Their extraction began only then, and facilities were completed in the winter war already ended in the summer of 1940.

Mannerheim and the other war leaders worked so winter war time quite unsafe circumstances. The headquarters of the centre, Mikkeli yläkansak oulu, was something other than, say, Hitler to the extreme to protect the bunker headquarters.

at the Headquarters of the awareness of their own vulnerability and tried to protect the particular the air defense with the help of. In spite of this, Mikkeliä was bombed several times. Yläkansak oulu remains intact, but, for example, mannerheim’s a place to stay, hotel Seurahuone, was destroyed.

did you Know the Soviet union, the headquarters in Mikkeli and the company did it deliberately to cripple the war management?

– the Bombing could signal that know. On the other hand, the Soviet bombing also Kuopiota, Bay, Heinolaa and many other cities, Mikko Karjalainen said.

conduct of war bombing is not to kill you, but it’s the effect of them was that the Headquarters of the decentralization was the countryside Mikkeli environment.

– headquarters of the action significantly and adversely affected, as message connections are not able to maintain as effectively as from Mikkeli.

from his sick bed, had Mannerheim missing a picture from the winter war, the termination date of the 13.3.1940.SA-picture

the outcome of the War is the sum of many things, which sattumakin plays a role. The last war for one of those was the fact that the commander in chief Mannerheim happen to get sick at the right time.

Mannerheim was sick every winter of the war, between several times. Her effort was at least in gout, rheumatism, inflamed tooth root and a rash. Most often, the bed as a patient drove, however, the fever of the flu.

mannerheim’s health status was monitored not only at Headquarters, but also outside it. Among other things the headquarters of the German liaison officer Waldemar Erfurth filed will be happy dealing with Mannerheim’s personal physician with in order to obtain updated information on the state of the patient. Erfurth’s assessment of the headquarters of the operational capability of the mannerheim’s absence was straightforward: decision-making was at a standstill.

If so, should Students become ill, for example in the summer 1944, the red army’s major offensive at the time, was a disaster.

– mannerheim’s state of health much has been written. I look at it the headquarters point of view. Mannerhein sick of the debate is a clear cyclical: she was sick in the winter, the summer condition was better. When this binding war events, commander in chief was fine when she was most needed.

chief of general staff Erich Heinrichs was the chain of command in the following mannerheim’s after.SA-picture

the Only critical moment was the winter war last week. The army went to a survival struggle, while Mannerheim and a big part of the rest of the Headquarters staff lay in the delirium of fever. The winter war of last week’s events at the Headquarters there is little documented material. Karjalainen, the situation was nevertheless under control.

It was such a short period of time that the Headquarters was operational.

but What if the commander in chief would have been out of the game? Who in his shoes would be stepped on?

the Documents Mannerheim replaced the starter, not so much. The chain of command by the supreme commander of the place would be taken by chief of general Erich Heinrichs .

He would certainly have been able to lead to warfare, but would he be able to lead the war, Karelian asks.

After the scene is adapted also to, inter alia, war, defense minister Rudolf Walden and then the president of the republic.

It is known that in the summer of 1944, the big push at the time, the president of Risto Ryti has been in talks, which he has announced to move the headquarters in Mikkeli, and he would take command of, if Mannerheim died.

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