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Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, in full Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, (born June 4, 1867, Askainen, Finland—died Janaury 27, 1951, Lausanne, Switzerland), Finnish military leader and conservative statesman who successfully defended Finland against greatly superior Soviet forces during World War II and served as the country’s president (1944–46).

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finland’s most famous military leader, helped his countrymen earn “their own independent lives within the family of free peoples.” Before that, he served in the Russian military for many years; article includes slideshow.

CARL GUSTAF EMIL MANNERHEIM IS CONSIDERED by many Finns to be one of the founding fathers of modern Finland, and his complex legacy is still actively discussed in all corners of Finnish society today. But what is known of Mannerheim beyond his experience on the front lines and his much-vaunted statecraft?

Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim ; 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman. He served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War of 1918, as Regent of Finland , as commander-in-chief of the Finnish Defence Forces during the period of World War II , and as the sixth president of Finland .

The Hitler and Mannerheim recording is a 1942 recording of a private conversation between German dictator Adolf Hitler, and Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces.

A Finnish aristocrat, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim served as cavalry commander in the Imperial Russian army during the First World War. After the Russian Revolution, he commanded Finnish White forces in the Finnish Civil War of 1918. He served as the Head of State of independent Finland in 1918-1919.

Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (June 4, 1867 – January 28, 1951) was the Commander-in-Chief of Finland 's Defense Forces, Marshal of Finland, an astute politician, humanitarian and a successful military commander. He was the sixth President of Finland (1944–1946).

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was born in Askeinen in 1867, at the family seat of Louhisaari Manor. Although his father, Carl Robert Mannerheim , had embraced business and moved towards a more bourgeoisie lifestyle, a military career felt like the natural choice for the blue-blooded Mannerheim.