Karl Lennart Oesch (8 August 1892 – 28 March 1978) was one of the leading Finnish generals during World War II. He held a string of high staff assignments and front commands, and at the end of the Continuation War fully two-thirds of the Finnish ground forces were under his command. Oesch earned a reputation of being able to deal with difficult situations, a trait that Mannerheim used to the full.
Read more about Karl Lennart Oesch: Early Life, Jaeger Movement and Civil War, Interwar Years, Winter War and The Interim Peace, Continuation War, Trial For War Crimes, Later Life, Personal Life, Works of Note
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