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Hjalmar Siilasvuo (originally Strömberg) was born in Helsinki on 18 March 1892 into the family of Frans and Hulda Strömberg. Hjalmar’s childhood was darkened by the deaths of his father and mother. He was orphaned at the age of only 12.
Hjalmar Fridolf Siilasvuo (born Hjalmar Fridolf Strömberg, 18 March 1892 – 11 January 1947) was a Finnish lieutenant general (Finnish: kenraaliluutnantti), a knight of the Mannerheim Cross and a member of the Jäger Movement.
Hjalmar Siilasvuo: Suomussalmen taistelut. Piplia Sotakirjat. 808 subscribers. 27K views 1 year ago. ...more. Suomussalmen taistelut on Prikaati Siilasvuon komentajan, eversti (myöh ...
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The transferred regiment and the troops already in Suomussalmi became a brigade, and colonel Hjalmar Siilasvuo was named as its commander. His task was to beat the enemy that had advanced to Suomussalmi.
Parents: Lieutenant-General Hjalmar Fridolf Strömberg (Siilasvuo) and Salli Kolsi, pharmacist. Wife: 1947 - Salli Maria Paldanius, pharmacist, wife's parents: Eino Paldanius and Maria Elisabeth Kurtti.
Mannerheim appointed Colonel Hjalmar Siilasvuo, another one of his Jager Battalion protégés, to head there with his JR-27 (27th Infantry Regiment) to take over and defeat the Soviets. Short, blond, blunt-speaking Siilasvuo was another capable citizen-soldier, a newspaper editor’s son, and peacetime lawyer.
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Hjalmar Siilasvuo kuoli kotonaan Oulussa 11. tammikuuta 1947 vain 54 vuoden iässä. Hänet on haudattu Oulun hautausmaalle sankarihauta-alueen läheisyyteen. Siilasvuo tunnettiin äkkipikaisena joskin seurallisena sotilaana.
