MILITARY PERSONNEL

Karl Lennart Oesch

1892 - 1978

Photo of Karl Lennart Oesch

Icon of person Karl Lennart Oesch

Karl Lennart Oesch (8 August 1892 – 28 March 1978) was one of Finland's leading generals during World War II. He held a string of high staff assignments and front commands, and at the end of the Continuation War commanded three Finnish army corps on the Karelian Isthmus. He received numerous awards, including the Finnish Mannerheim Cross during his service. Following the end of the Continuation War, he was tried and convicted for war crimes relating to the treatment of Soviet prisoners-of-war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Lennart Oesch is the 880th most popular military personnel (up from 915th in 2019), the 719th most popular biography from Russia (up from 765th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Karl Lennart Oesch by language

Loading...

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Karl Lennart Oesch ranks 880 out of 2,058. Before him are Janko Bobetko, Jang Bogo, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Artabazos I of Phrygia, Jukums Vācietis, and Adelbert Schulz. After him are Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, Yekaterina Budanova, Marco Antonio Bragadin, Ian Hamilton, Winrich von Kniprode, and Joseph E. Johnston.

Most Popular Military Personnels in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Karl Lennart Oesch ranks 102. Before him are Radola Gajda, Robert Watson-Watt, Herman Potočnik, Agnes Smedley, Ivan Šubašić, and Joseph Szigeti. After him are Peljidiin Genden, Charles Vanel, Richard Aldington, Ludwig Crüwell, Chen Gongbo, and Branislaw Tarashkyevich. Among people deceased in 1978, Karl Lennart Oesch ranks 81. Before him are Pancho Vladigerov, Gaston Julia, Samuel Goudsmit, José Manuel Moreno, Burt Munro, and Oscar Homolka. After him are Salvador de Madariaga, Armin T. Wegner, Luigi Allemandi, Charles Eames, Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia, and Gabriel Ramanantsoa.

Others Born in 1892

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1978

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Karl Lennart Oesch ranks 719 out of 3,761. Before him are Mikhail Mil (1909), Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia (1854), Franz Schlegelberger (1876), Fyodor Okhlopkov (1908), Eduard Uspensky (1937), and Nikolay Shvernik (1888). After him are Sergei Belov (1944), Sergei Khrushchev (1935), Oleg Popov (1930), Yekaterina Budanova (1916), Alexander Belyaev (1884), and Caran d'Ache (1858).

Others born in Russia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Karl Lennart Oesch ranks 62. Before him are Nikolai Ogarkov (1917), Mikhail Miloradovich (1771), Nikolay Voronov (1899), Iosif Gurko (1828), Nikolai Berzarin (1904), and Alexey Kaledin (1861). After him are Yekaterina Budanova (1916), Sergey Biryuzov (1904), Boris Gromov (1943), Ivan Panfilov (1893), Anatoly Stessel (1848), and Maria Bochkareva (1889).

Russian born Military Personnels

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous