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Hjalmar Siilasvuo
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Hjalmar Fridolf Siilasvuo (1892 - 1947) was a Finnish general who led troops in the Winter War, Continuation War and Lapland War. He also saw action as a part of the Finnish volunteer "jägerbattalion 27" fighting on the German side in World War I.
As a colonel Siilasvuo led the Finnish defence at Kuhmo and in the Battle of Suomussalmi.
During the Continuation War he led the III Corps in northern Finland in 1941 and on the Karelian Isthmus in 1944. In the autumn of 1941 he took command of the 6th SS Mountain Division Nord and was the only non-German to command an SS-division during WWII. After the peace with the Soviets, he was given the command of the Finnish forces fighting the Germans in Lapland.
He was awarded the Mannerheim Cross on December 21, 1944.
His son Ensio Siilasvuo was also a general in the Finnish army.
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