Mannerheimin Linjalla (At the Mannerheim Line) Finnish Winter War Song

Mannerheimin Linjalla is a Finnish wartime song about the Mannerheim defensive line on the Karelian Isthmus, of course named after the legendary Baron and Marshall of Finland, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. The “Hakkapeliittas“ mentioned in the song were Finnish Light Cavalry that served with the Swedes in the Thirty Years War. The Lottas mentioned are Finnish women of the “Lotta Svärd“, an auxiliary/logistical paramilitary force that was formed in 1918 during the Finnish Civil War. The Lottas were known par
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