Essays about: "Mannerheim"

Found 1 essay containing the word Mannerheim.

  1. 1. De-escalation amid a Total War? : An interpretivist-constructivist analysis of Finland's involvement (or lack thereof) in the Siege of Leningrad and Murmansk during the Continuation War 1941-1944

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Margarita Sallinen; [2020]
    Keywords : constructivism; Continuation War; de-escalation; escalation; Finland; interpretivism; Mannerheim; total war;

    Abstract : At the beginning of the Continuation War in 1941, Finnish and German troops commenced a gradual escalation which resulted in swift successive victories against the Soviets. Yet, Finland´s Field Marshal Mannerheim unexpectedly turned his back on military rationality at Leningrad and Murmansk despite his knowledge of how vitally strategic the locations were to the Soviet war effort. READ MORE