Word: disciplinarians
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From 1915 to 1917, he was on the Bessarabian and Rumanian fronts. After the March Revolution in Russia, Disciplinarian Mannerheim began to have trouble with his younger officers, tried to punish them for insubordination, was overruled by the General Staff. No democrat, but an officer who had been close to the Tsar, he was in a ticklish position. Conveniently developing a sprained foot, he left the front on a doctor's orders, was met" in Odessa by a telegram relieving him of his command. On Dec. 6, 1917, the Finnish Diet declared that region's independence from Russia...