Question about Germans in Finland 1918

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tomi
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Question about Germans in Finland 1918

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Post by tomi » 09 Oct 2015, 12:21

Hello

Does anybody know what kind military training courses Germans give to Finnish white troops after the landing in Helsinki. I have a faint memory that Baltic Sea Division established some kind of kampfschule in Töölö area in Helsinki ?

What about 27 jäger batallion. Does they have some special courses after the basic training. I dont mean separate machine gun or artillery courses but some specialised sapper training ( "IED" use ).

Anybody have any information about these subjects ?

Tomi

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Re: Question about Germans in Finland 1918

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Post by valtonen » 31 Jan 2016, 10:59

In fact the Germans had some sort of Kampfschule in Töölö in Helsinki. Later it was a finnish army garrison and then Töölö grammar school and city library. Presently the site has two big hotels - Intercontinental and Hesperia.

The real Jäger education was given in Germany in Hochen-Lochstedt. There are still signs of the finns to be seen in the Lockstedt Lager and even a monument has been raised.


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Re: Question about Germans in Finland 1918

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Post by valtonen » 31 Jan 2016, 10:59

In fact the Germans had some sort of Kampfschule in Töölö in Helsinki. Later it was a finnish army garrison and then Töölö grammar school and city library. Presently the site has two big hotels - Intercontinental and Hesperia.

The real Jäger education was given in Germany in Hochen-Lochstedt. There are still signs of the finns to be seen in the Lockstedt Lager and even a monument has been raised.

tomi
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Re: Question about Germans in Finland 1918

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Post by tomi » 02 Feb 2016, 08:12

Thank you

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