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Paavo Talvela

1897 - 1973

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Paavo Juho Talvela (born Paavo Juho Thorén; 19 February 1897 – 30 September 1973) was a Finnish general of the infantry, Knight of the Mannerheim Cross and a member of the Jäger movement. He participated in the Eastern Front of World War I, the Finnish Civil War, the Finnish Kinship Wars, the Winter War and the Continuation War. Talvela was also active in Finnish far-right politics, being involved in both the founding of the Academic Karelia Society and in the Lapua Movement. In 1940, he was also involved in talks with Germany about forming a Finnish Jäger battalion as part of the Wehrmacht. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paavo Talvela is the 1,461st most popular military personnel (up from 1,492nd in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Finland (down from 151st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Finnish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Paavo Talvela ranks 1,461 out of 2,058. Before him are Friedrich von Ingenohl, Józef Chłopicki, Anthony McAuliffe, József Alvinczi, Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus, and Félix Rodríguez. After him are Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing, Geberic, Natalya Kovshova, Walton Walker, Pavle Jurišić Šturm, and Shi Jingtang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Paavo Talvela ranks 176. Before him are Paul Gallico, Pavel Batov, Kurt Feldt, Nima Yooshij, Pierre Fresnay, and Nicholas Poppe. After him are Karel Lamač, Dorothy Day, Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, Alberto Cavalcanti, Ram Prasad Bismil, and J. L. B. Smith. Among people deceased in 1973, Paavo Talvela ranks 151. Before him are Günther Pancke, Paul Kletzki, Louis St. Laurent, Âşık Veysel, Alina Szapocznikow, and Ira Sprague Bowen. After him are Alexander Mosolov, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Mikhail Isakovsky, İbrahim Kaypakkaya, Nancy Mitford, and Lev Artsimovich.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Paavo Talvela ranks 171 out of 751. Before him are Marita Lindahl (1938), Johannes Gabriel Granö (1882), Leevi Madetoja (1887), Marcus Grönholm (1968), Gunnar Nordström (1881), and Heikki A. Alikoski (1912). After him are Tuomas Holopainen (1976), Siri von Essen (1850), Magnus Enckell (1870), JJ Lehto (1966), Pekka Haavisto (1958), and Elias Katz (1901).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Finland

Among military personnels born in Finland, Paavo Talvela ranks 6. Before him are Simo Häyhä (1905), Ernst Linder (1868), Ilmari Juutilainen (1914), Erik Heinrichs (1890), and Hugo Österman (1892). After him are Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1759), Woldemar Hägglund (1893), Ali Aaltonen (1884), Oskar Gripenberg (1838), Kurt Martti Wallenius (1893), and Ruben Lagus (1896).

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