Lauri Taavetti Tiainen (15 February 1891,

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– 18 September 1958) was a Finnish

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during

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. Kilin and Raunio 2007, p. 71 Tiainen joined the Jaeger Movement in 1915 and trained and fought in the

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. He worked under the name "''Pfadfinder''". After the

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, Tiainen worked as a commander of battalion, an army school lecturer, a commander of regiment, the commander of Savo Brigade. In 1933, he was promoted as the Commander of Karelian Military Administrative Division. Tiainen was the Commander of the 12th Division in the

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during the

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. Tiainen became ill in the end of January and he had to leave the position on 31 January 1940. He was succeeded by

Antero Svensson Antero Johannes Svensson (30 November 1892 – 26 April 1946) was a Finnish major general, a member of the Jäger Movement and a recipient of the Mannerheim Cross. He participated in the Eastern Front (World War I), Eastern Front of World War I a ...

. During the rest of the war and in the

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, Tiainen worked under the Home Front Cadre. He resigned in 1945.

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* 1890 births 1958 deaths People from Rantasalmi People from Mikkeli Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish military personnel of World War II Jägers of the Jäger Movement {{Europe-mil-bio-stub