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The Jäger Battalion fought in the ranks of the German Army from 1916 in the battles on the northern flank of the eastern front. Finnish Jägers parading at the town square of Vaasa 1918. After the outbreak of the Civil War in Finland the Jägers were engaged on the "White" (non-communist) side in the war and formed the nucleus of the new ...
Licensed audio. "A Horse with No Name" on YouTube. " A Horse with No Name " is a song by American folk rock trio America. Written by Dewey Bunnell, it was released on the Warner Bros. label, in late 1971 in Europe and early 1972 in the United States. The song was met with commercial success and topped charts in Canada, Finland, and the United ...
This is a list of Jäger units in various national armies. Jäger , or Jaeger , is the German word for " hunter ", and describes a kind of light infantry . [ 1 ] In English the word Jaeger is also translated as " rifleman " or " ranger ".
Jaegers during training. The Finnish Coastal Jaegers (Swedish: Kustjägarna, and Finnish: Rannikkojääkärit) or Finnish Marine Commandos are the marines special operations capable forces unit of the Finnish Navy. [1] The unit consists of both regulars and conscripts, predominantly Swedish-speaking, and is located at Nyland Brigade (Uusimaa ...
The 27th Jäger Battalion, officially called the Royal Prussian 27th Jäger Battalion (‹See Tfd› German: Königlich Preussisches Jägerbataillon Nr. 27, Finnish: Kuninkaallinen preussilainen jääkäripataljoona 27) was a jäger battalion of the Imperial German Army during World War I. The unit mainly consisted of Finnish volunteers that ...
Insignia of the Jaeger Brigade. The Jaeger Brigade (Jääkäriprikaati) is a unit of the Finnish Army. The unit is located in Sodankylä and Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland, some 130 kilometres (81 mi) north of the Arctic Circle. The brigade trains 2,200 conscripts per year. The brigade has two main units: Lapland Jaeger Battalion in Sodankylä ...
Destroyed village of Sodankylä, Finland, October 10th 1944 A burnt tree and ruins in Rovaniemi pictured on 16 October 1944 after the German withdrawal. On 7 October, the Finnish Jaeger Brigade forced the German Mountain Regiment 218 to fight a delaying action off of their pre-set timetable at Ylimaa, some 65 km (40 mi) south of Rovaniemi.
Insignia of the Ekenäs Coastal Battalion. Flag. The Nyland Brigade (Swedish: Nylands brigad, NylBr, Finnish: Uudenmaan prikaati, UudPr) is a brigade-level marine -type unit of the Finnish Navy stationed in Dragsvik in Raseborg in the province of Uusimaa. The brigade trains coastal jaegers and other troops for combat in coastal environments.