BORN
June 4, 1867
Villnäs, Finland

I successfully defended Finland against greatly superior Soviet forces during World War II and served as the country’s president (1944–46).

I was also named as the only Finnish Marshal as of June 1942.

Some things you can quote me on:

"Fortifications, artillery, foreign aid - will be of no value, unless the ordinary soldier knows that it is HE guarding his country."

"Officers don't run, only corporals do that."

"For a strong adversary (corps) the opposition of twenty-four squadrons and twelve guns ought not to have appeared very serious, but in war the psychological factors are often decisive. An adversary who feels inferior is in reality so."

I might have gone ahead and died in 1951 in a Swiss university hospital, but don't worry about it.