Joose Olavi Hannula (5 September 1900 in

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– 12 June 1944) was a

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and

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. He went to military school in the 1920s, and served at Nylands regiment and in the 1st divisions staff. He was a lecturer in history of war at the academy of military sciences in Finland 1927–39. As commendant for a regiment and a brigade he died during the

Continuation war The Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944, as part of World War II.; sv, fortsättningskriget; german: Fortsetzungskrieg. A ...

1941–44 at

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sotateoreetikkona'' (1927) *''Napuen taistelu'' (1929) *''Itäarmeijan operaatioiden suunnittelu ja johto v. 18'' (1932) *''Sotataidon historia'' (3 parts, 1933) *''Maailmansodan historia'' (2 parts, 1935–36) *'' Hakkapeliittoja ja karoliineja'' (1939) *''Suomi taistelee'' (3 parts, with B. Fagerström och B. Sandberg, 1940)

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About J.O. Hannula's book on the Finnish civil war
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hannula, Joose Olavi 20th-century Finnish historians 1944 deaths 1900 births Military historians