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Marshal Karl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867-1951) successfully led the armed forces and the country during independence, the formation of the state and during the years of global military and political conflicts that threatened the very foundations of Finland's existence. He is the man who has made the most significant contribution to the country's sovereignty.

The second volume of his memoirs describes the complex vicissitudes of the formation and financing of the Finnish Defence Forces, the fierce confrontation with a much more powerful eastern enemy during the Winter War (1939-1940) and the Continuation War (1941-1944), and the difficulties of the post-war political arrangement of the country.