I just try to find out if these persons were awarded:
Sittmann Hugo, Obst. i. G., Ia AOK Lappland & 20. Geb. Armee (14.01.1942-10.04.1943)
Steets Hans, Gen. Maj., Ia 20. Geb. Armee (10.04.1943-10.05.1944)
It seems so.
Regards
Award List - Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty
All,
Foreign ( non-Finnish) recipients of the Order of the Cross of Libery, Grand Cross with swords:
Hermann Goering
GFM Wilhelm Keitl
GrossAdmiral Erich Raeder
GFM Walter von Brauchitsch
Heinrich Himmler
GrossAdmiral Karl Doenitz
GeneralOberst Eduard Dietl
Marshal Ion Antonescu
Sorry for not having any award dates. I only know that the awards were made between 1941 and 1945.
John
Foreign ( non-Finnish) recipients of the Order of the Cross of Libery, Grand Cross with swords:
Hermann Goering
GFM Wilhelm Keitl
GrossAdmiral Erich Raeder
GFM Walter von Brauchitsch
Heinrich Himmler
GrossAdmiral Karl Doenitz
GeneralOberst Eduard Dietl
Marshal Ion Antonescu
Sorry for not having any award dates. I only know that the awards were made between 1941 and 1945.
John
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Stauffenberg II and Harri,
Here is the complete list of recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Liberty with swords:
1918-1919
Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf Emil
Germany, Wilhelm II Kaiser of
Prussia, Heinrich Prince of
Hindenburg, Paul von
Ludendorff, Erich
1939-1940
Heinrichs, Axel Erik
Ryti, Risto Heikki
Walden, Karl Rudolf
1941-1945
Nenonen, Vilho Petter
Lundquist, Jarl Fritholf
Valve, Valno Lahja Richard
Oesch, Karl Lennart
Goering, Hermann
Keitl, Wilhelm
Raeder, Erich
Brauchitsch, Walther von
Himmler, Heinrich
Doenitz, Karl
Dietl, Karl
Antonescu, Ion
1946-1959
Paasikivi, Juho Kusti
Sihvo, Aarno
Heiskanen, Kaarlo Aleksander
1960-1988
Sutela, Lauri Johannes
1989-2002
Ehrnrooth, Adolf Erik
Valtanen, Jaako Joukamo
I obtained this list by contacting the Office of the President of the Republic of Finland and receiving a reply from the liason officer of the Order. Hope this helps.
John
Here is the complete list of recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Liberty with swords:
1918-1919
Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf Emil
Germany, Wilhelm II Kaiser of
Prussia, Heinrich Prince of
Hindenburg, Paul von
Ludendorff, Erich
1939-1940
Heinrichs, Axel Erik
Ryti, Risto Heikki
Walden, Karl Rudolf
1941-1945
Nenonen, Vilho Petter
Lundquist, Jarl Fritholf
Valve, Valno Lahja Richard
Oesch, Karl Lennart
Goering, Hermann
Keitl, Wilhelm
Raeder, Erich
Brauchitsch, Walther von
Himmler, Heinrich
Doenitz, Karl
Dietl, Karl
Antonescu, Ion
1946-1959
Paasikivi, Juho Kusti
Sihvo, Aarno
Heiskanen, Kaarlo Aleksander
1960-1988
Sutela, Lauri Johannes
1989-2002
Ehrnrooth, Adolf Erik
Valtanen, Jaako Joukamo
I obtained this list by contacting the Office of the President of the Republic of Finland and receiving a reply from the liason officer of the Order. Hope this helps.
John
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Excellent John!
I will at once update my files. Great.
Do you think they will tell me the 369 military recipients of the 1st Class from 1941-1945? Anyway I will try.
For the award statistics also see the recently found:
http://www.skalman.nu/third-reich/axis- ... erence.htm
Regards,
Stauffenberg II
I will at once update my files. Great.
Do you think they will tell me the 369 military recipients of the 1st Class from 1941-1945? Anyway I will try.
For the award statistics also see the recently found:
http://www.skalman.nu/third-reich/axis- ... erence.htm
Regards,
Stauffenberg II
Generalmajor Hero Breusing (122.I.D), yes of course...
The one I remembered wrong was not any Hungarian but Rumanian Marshal Ion Antonescu, he's the one I meant.
Seems I have had quite wrong "knowledge" on the numbers of the Crosses of Liberty awarded, sorry. Can someone tell the official numbers and dates when awarded like in the post of JohnW (Wayne?
)?
Just want to correct (changed in bold) the spelling of the few Finnish names (used first name underlined) with clarifications:
Pre-war period:
Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf Emil (Cavalry General, Commander-in-Chief of White Army in 1918, temporary Regent 1918/19)
War-time:
Heinrichs, Axel Erik (Lt.Gen. later Inf.Gen., Commander of III AK
and since 1940 Commander of [Karelian] Isthmus Army, Commander of Karelian Army in 1941/42, Chief of Staff of Finnish Army)
Ryti, Risto Heikki (Prime Minister of Finland, later President of Finland)
Walden, Karl Rudolf (Inf.Gen., Managing Director United Paper Mills (UPM), later Minister of Defence)
Nenonen, Vilho Petter (Art.Gen., Inspector of Artillery)
Lundquist, Jarl Frithiof (Lt.Gen., Commander of Air Defence and Air Force, later Commander of Finnish Defence Forces (FDF))
Valve, Väinö Lahja Richard (Lt.Gen. later Gen., Commander of Naval Forces)
Oesch, Karl Lennart (Lt.Gen., Chief of Staff of Finnish Army, Commander of many AKs and Commander of the Finnish Troops in karelian Isthmus in 1944)
Post war period:
Paasikivi, Juho Kusti (Ambassador in Moscow and Stockholm, Foreign Minister, Prime Minister, State President of Finland 1946 - 1956)
Sihvo, Aarne (Inf.Gen., Commander of FDF)
Heiskanen, Kaarlo Aleksander (Inf.Gen., Commander of 7.D, Knight of the Mannerheim Cross, Commander of FDF)
Sutela, Lauri Johannes (Gen., Commander of FDF)
Ehrnrooth, Adolf Erik (Inf.Gen., Commander of IR 7, Knight of the Mannerheim Cross #162, Inspector of Air Defence, one of the most legendary Finnish soldiers, still living today (born in 1905!!))
Valtanen, Jaakko Joukamo (Gen., Commander of FDF)
The one I remembered wrong was not any Hungarian but Rumanian Marshal Ion Antonescu, he's the one I meant.
Seems I have had quite wrong "knowledge" on the numbers of the Crosses of Liberty awarded, sorry. Can someone tell the official numbers and dates when awarded like in the post of JohnW (Wayne?
)?Just want to correct (changed in bold) the spelling of the few Finnish names (used first name underlined) with clarifications:
Pre-war period:
Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf Emil (Cavalry General, Commander-in-Chief of White Army in 1918, temporary Regent 1918/19)
War-time:
Heinrichs, Axel Erik (Lt.Gen. later Inf.Gen., Commander of III AK
and since 1940 Commander of [Karelian] Isthmus Army, Commander of Karelian Army in 1941/42, Chief of Staff of Finnish Army)
Ryti, Risto Heikki (Prime Minister of Finland, later President of Finland)
Walden, Karl Rudolf (Inf.Gen., Managing Director United Paper Mills (UPM), later Minister of Defence)
Nenonen, Vilho Petter (Art.Gen., Inspector of Artillery)
Lundquist, Jarl Frithiof (Lt.Gen., Commander of Air Defence and Air Force, later Commander of Finnish Defence Forces (FDF))
Valve, Väinö Lahja Richard (Lt.Gen. later Gen., Commander of Naval Forces)
Oesch, Karl Lennart (Lt.Gen., Chief of Staff of Finnish Army, Commander of many AKs and Commander of the Finnish Troops in karelian Isthmus in 1944)
Post war period:
Paasikivi, Juho Kusti (Ambassador in Moscow and Stockholm, Foreign Minister, Prime Minister, State President of Finland 1946 - 1956)
Sihvo, Aarne (Inf.Gen., Commander of FDF)
Heiskanen, Kaarlo Aleksander (Inf.Gen., Commander of 7.D, Knight of the Mannerheim Cross, Commander of FDF)
Sutela, Lauri Johannes (Gen., Commander of FDF)
Ehrnrooth, Adolf Erik (Inf.Gen., Commander of IR 7, Knight of the Mannerheim Cross #162, Inspector of Air Defence, one of the most legendary Finnish soldiers, still living today (born in 1905!!))
Valtanen, Jaakko Joukamo (Gen., Commander of FDF)
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A few more words why 122.D:s help was especially appreciated:
The Soviets had launched a large-scale surprise attack on Karelian isthmus on June 9, after years of relatively even and static trench war that had to some degree affected negatively the defender's moral and prepardness. The attackers had manpower superiority of 1:4 and 1:6 in tanks and artillery. It took some 3 weeks and about a hundred km of lost ground before the defence was back in effective order, and Soviet brektough attempts at Tali and Ihantala region (north of Viipuri [Vyborg]) were repulsed.
Basically the Germans were supposed to take care only of defense of Lapland (the northenmost part of Finland), but after they noticed that the latest proceedings in the south endangered also their entire presence in Finland (not least because so called pro-peace opposition in Finland gained support day by day and was more willing to accept even harsh terms for peace when the future prospects remained grim), some key reinforcements like assault guns and Stukas were rushed to the key sector in south.
Subsequently the Soviets launched another shock invasion across the Bay of Viipuri on 9 June, and three divisions were supposed to form a beach-head there and cut Finnish supply lines leading to the city. Now the freshly arrived German 122.D. that was subordinated to Finnish command was in very right position to force the invaders back to the sea. No further assault attempts across the bay occurred and shortly afterwards Mannerheim returned, though somewhat reluctantly, the German division "loaned" to him. Check http://www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/images/J ... nlahti.jpg
for a map.
The Soviets had launched a large-scale surprise attack on Karelian isthmus on June 9, after years of relatively even and static trench war that had to some degree affected negatively the defender's moral and prepardness. The attackers had manpower superiority of 1:4 and 1:6 in tanks and artillery. It took some 3 weeks and about a hundred km of lost ground before the defence was back in effective order, and Soviet brektough attempts at Tali and Ihantala region (north of Viipuri [Vyborg]) were repulsed.
Basically the Germans were supposed to take care only of defense of Lapland (the northenmost part of Finland), but after they noticed that the latest proceedings in the south endangered also their entire presence in Finland (not least because so called pro-peace opposition in Finland gained support day by day and was more willing to accept even harsh terms for peace when the future prospects remained grim), some key reinforcements like assault guns and Stukas were rushed to the key sector in south.
Subsequently the Soviets launched another shock invasion across the Bay of Viipuri on 9 June, and three divisions were supposed to form a beach-head there and cut Finnish supply lines leading to the city. Now the freshly arrived German 122.D. that was subordinated to Finnish command was in very right position to force the invaders back to the sea. No further assault attempts across the bay occurred and shortly afterwards Mannerheim returned, though somewhat reluctantly, the German division "loaned" to him. Check http://www.sodatkuvina.cjb.net/images/J ... nlahti.jpg
for a map.
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