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Karl Lennart Oesch

1892 - 1978

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Karl Lennart Oesch (8 August 1892 – 28 March 1978) was one of Finland's leading generals during World War II. He held a string of high staff assignments and front commands, and at the end of the Continuation War commanded three Finnish army corps on the Karelian Isthmus. He received numerous awards, including the Finnish Mannerheim Cross during his service. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Lennart Oesch has received more than 75,719 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Karl Lennart Oesch is the 914th most popular military personnel (up from 969th in 2019), the 765th most popular biography from Russia (up from 840th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Karl Lennart Oesch ranks 914 out of 2,058. Before him are Gainas, Hydarnes II, Hermann Ehrhardt, Rudolf Schmidt, Jacques François Dugommier, and Dan Shomron. After him are Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, Monte Melkonian, John Basilone, Karl Mauss, Alexey Kaledin, and Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Karl Lennart Oesch ranks 106. Before him are Erich Brandenberger, Mahidol Adulyadej, Harry Dexter White, Helmuth Plessner, Herman Potočnik, and James M. Cain. After him are Josyf Slipyj, Eugen Meindl, George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, Takeo Takagi, Hermann Breith, and Rebecca West. Among people deceased in 1978, Karl Lennart Oesch ranks 75. Before him are Lilya Brik, Max Decugis, Jens Otto Krag, Misao Tamai, Diana Budisavljević, and Samuel Goudsmit. After him are Salvador de Madariaga, Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, Gaston Julia, Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia, Luigi Allemandi, and Gunnar Nilsson.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Karl Lennart Oesch ranks 765 out of 3,761. Before him are Aleksandra Potanina (1843), Khabib Nurmagomedov (1988), Alexander Antonov (1889), Konstantin Korovin (1861), Anna Vyrubova (1884), and Mikhail Speransky (1772). After him are Alexey Kaledin (1861), Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev (1843), Andor Lilienthal (1911), Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev (1841), Alexander Tamanian (1878), and Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia (1850).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Karl Lennart Oesch ranks 69. Before him are Walter Weiß (1890), Ivan Panfilov (1893), Joseph Trumpeldor (1880), Boris Gromov (1943), Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov (1777), and Vasili Mitrokhin (1922). After him are Alexey Kaledin (1861), Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev (1843), Nikolay Krylov (1903), Anatoly Stessel (1848), Nikolai Berzarin (1904), and Alexander Rodimtsev (1905).

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