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Olavi Karpalo
Olavus (Olavi) Gustavus Adolphus Karpalo (21 October 1916 Helsinki – 1988 Venezuela) was a Finnish volunteers in the Waffen-SS, Finnish SS volunteer. By civilian profession, he was a set designer. At the age of 20, Karpalo participated as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War in 1937 in Francisco Franco, Franco's Falangist forces, he had informed his guardians that he was traveling to Germany for the Hitler Youth trip. Karpalo later published a book about his war experiences, ''Sisulla sotaan : falangistin kokemuksia Espanjasta (WSOY 1940).'' Karpalo was in the Winter War with the Squadron 39. He joined the Finnish SS volunteers in 1941 and was one of those 400 volunteers in the so-called Men of the Division who were sent right at the end of June 1941 to the Eastern front (World War II), Eastern front with the SS Division Wiking because they already had combat experience. In a letter he wrote to the liaison officer of the SS forces, military pastor Ensio Pihkala on July 24, 1941, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Karpalo
Olavus (Olavi) Gustavus Adolphus Karpalo (21 October 1916 Helsinki – 1988 Venezuela) was a Finnish volunteers in the Waffen-SS, Finnish SS volunteer. By civilian profession, he was a set designer. At the age of 20, Karpalo participated as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War in 1937 in Francisco Franco, Franco's Falangist forces, he had informed his guardians that he was traveling to Germany for the Hitler Youth trip. Karpalo later published a book about his war experiences, ''Sisulla sotaan : falangistin kokemuksia Espanjasta (WSOY 1940).'' Karpalo was in the Winter War with the Squadron 39. He joined the Finnish SS volunteers in 1941 and was one of those 400 volunteers in the so-called Men of the Division who were sent right at the end of June 1941 to the Eastern front (World War II), Eastern front with the SS Division Wiking because they already had combat experience. In a letter he wrote to the liaison officer of the SS forces, military pastor Ensio Pihkala on July 24, 1941, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
