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Johannes Ferdinand "Hannes" Ignatius (1871,
Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
– 1941) was a Finnish soldier and a prominent advocate for Finnish independence.


Biography

Ignatius was the son of the Fennophile
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, Karl Ferdinand Ignatius, and Amanda Kristina Bergman. Ignatius received his military education at The Hamina Cadet School from 1885–1892, and at the Nicholas Academy of General Staff in
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from 1896–1899.


Military service

Ignatius served in the Finnish Dragoon Regiment from 1892 to 1901. He was promoted to captain in 1900. After the abolition of The Military of the Grand Duchy of Finland, he sought a career in business from 1901–1917. During World War I Ignatius was a prominent member of the Military Committee working for the Independence of Finland and was promoted to colonel and then major general in 1918. Ignatius served as the Quartermaster General of the White Army during the
Finnish Civil War The Finnish Civil War was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between Whites (Finland), White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (Red Finland) during the country's transition fr ...
from the 18February until 6May 1918, and as Chief of Staff from May 1918 to June 1918. During the Winter War, Ignatius again held the post of Chief of Staff. Ignatius was the chairman of the publishing committee of ''Suomen Vapaussota 1918'' (The Finnish War of Independence). In 1918 he wrote the book '' Gustaf Mannerheim''. He was one of the most enthusiastic supporters of Mannerheim in the 1920s and 1930s.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ignatius, Hannes 1871 births 1941 deaths Military personnel from Helsinki Military personnel from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish lieutenant generals Military personnel of the Russian Empire People of the Finnish Civil War (White side) Chiefs of staff (Finnish Defence Forces)