16 May 1918

16 May 1918 Photos
Mayor J. von Haartman greeting General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim at Helsinki, Finland, 16 May 1918Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim in the victory parade in Helsinki, Finland, 16 May 1918
16 May 1938

16 May 1938 Photos
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim and Rüdiger von der Goltz at the 20th anniversary celebration of the libration of Helsinki, Finland, 16 May 1938
27 Oct 1938

27 Oct 1938 Photos
Fanni Luukkonen aboard a train at Helsinki rail station, Finland, 27 Oct 1938Fanni Luukkonen preparing to board a train at Helsinki rail station, Finland, 27 Oct 1938
9 Oct 1939

9 Oct 1939 Photos
Finnish diplomats Väinö Tanner and J. K. Paasikivi at the rail station in Helsinki, Finland, departing for the Soviet Union in an attempt to avoid war, 9 Oct 1939Finnish Prime Minister A. K. Kajander, Parliament Speaker Väinö Hakkila, and Alli Paasikivi seeing Juho Kusti Paasikivi off to Russia for negotiations, Helsinki, Finland, 9 Oct 1939
16 Oct 1939

16 Oct 1939 Photos
Finnish diplomats Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Johan Nykopp, and Aladár Paasonen having just returned from Moscow negotiations, Helsinki, Finland, 16 Oct 1939
30 Nov 1939

30 Nov 1939 Photos
A building in Helsinki, Finland on fire from aerial bombing, 30 Nov 1939Civilian wounded by aerial bombing, Lönnrothkatu Street, Helsinki, Finland, 30 Nov 1939Finnish civilians escaping from a building damaged by aerial bombing, Lönnrothkatu Street, Helsinki, Finland, 30 Nov 1939Soviet SB-2 bombers over Helsinki, Finland, 30 Nov 1939
2 Dec 1939

2 Dec 1939 Photos
Finnish civilians in a bomb shelter, Helsinki, Finland, 2 Dec 1939
16 May 1940

16 May 1940 Photos
Finnish President Kyösti Kallio decorating Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim with the Order of the Cross of Liberty, Helsinki, Finland, 16 May 1940
19 Dec 1940

19 Dec 1940 Photos
President Kyösti Kallio of Finland and Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim at Helsinki railway station, Finland, 19 Dec 1940; Risto Ryti, Lieutenant General Erik Heindrichs, and Colonel Aladár Paasonen in background
19 Sep 1944

Finland
  • The Allied Control Commission arrived in Helsinki demanding to see the plans for the internment of Germans in Finland, which Carl Mannerheim knew did not exist. ww2dbase [Helsinki | AC]
11 Mar 1946

11 Mar 1946 Photos
Carl Mannerheim, Alli Paasikiv, and new Finnish President Juho Paasikivi, Helsinki, Finland, 11 Mar 1946New Finnish President Juho Paasikivi and Carl Mannerheim, Helsinki, Finland, 11 Mar 1946
27 Oct 1947

Finland
  • Fanni Luukkonen passed away from a heart attack in Helsinki, Finland. ww2dbase [Fanni Luukkonen | Helsinki | CPC]
28 Jan 1951

28 Jan 1951 Photos
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
4 Feb 1951

4 Feb 1951 Photos
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28 Mar 1978

Finland



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