Word: mannerheim
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...nominate] Baron Mannerheim. . . . Do you remember his defense of Finland? Do you recall his inspired address at the close of hostilities...
...Airy, N. C. Times: "We propose an honor to this American-who fears no man, party, or power: let 'God Bless America' be changed to read, 'God Bless America and Give Us More Walter Winchells.' " At his Finnish home, Field Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim...
...tide of war turned when Russians blasted Mannerheim Line and drove through to final victory...
...Failure of the Mannerheim fortifications to resist artillery fire...
...plan was worked out by Red Army Chief of Staff Boris Shaposhnikov. The Red Army artillery which pounded the Mannerheim Line to bits was in charge of Inspector General Grigory Kulik, cited during the Stalin purge of the Red Army for having "helped to reveal the high treason of two successive chiefs." In reward for their Finnish triumphs, last week Timoshenko, Shaposhnikov and Kulik were made Marshals...