C.G.E. Mannerheim - Helsinki, Finland - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

When negotiations with the Soviet Union failed in 1939, Mannerheim on 17 October withdrew his resignation. At the age of 72, he became Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish army after the Soviet attack on 30 November. In a letter to his daughter Sophie, he stated that "I had not wanted to undertake the responsibility of commander-in-chief, as my age and my health entitled me, but I had to yield to appeals from the President of the Republic and the government, and now for the fourth time I am at war."

He addressed the first of his often controversial orders of the day to the Defence Forces on the same day the war began:

The President of the Republic has appointed me on 30 November 1939 as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the country. Brave soldiers of Finland! I enter on this task at a time when our hereditary enemy is once again attacking our country. Confidence in one's commander is the first condition for success. You know me and I know you and know that everyone in the ranks is ready to do his duty even to death. This war is nothing other than the continuation and final act of our War of Independence. We are fighting for our homes, our faith, and our country.

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