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Mannerheim

American  
[mah-nuhr-heym] / ˈmɑ nərˌheɪm /

noun

  1. Baron Carl Gustaf Emil von 1867–1951, Finnish soldier and statesman.


Mannerheim British  
/ ˈmænəˌheɪm /

noun

  1. Baron Carl Gustaf Emil . 1867–1951, Finnish soldier and statesman; president of Finland (1944–46)

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Nowhere was there a man who hated the Russian regime more deeply than Mannerheim.

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What Hitler almost certainly wanted from Mannerheim was joint German-Finnish offensive action soon, probably against the Murmansk railroad, perhaps also against Leningrad.

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When the Allies won the war, Svinhufvud resigned, General Baron Mannerheim came to power.

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At the same time the Soviet Army tried to storm the Mannerheim Line by a direct frontal attack.

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Latreille, Dejean, Schoenherr, and Klug must be specially particularized; Gory, Percheron, Chevrolat, Aube, Serville, Reiche, Spinola, Fischer, and Mannerheim have all more or less added to our acquaintance with the species.

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