Viljo Tuompo
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Viljo (Wiljo) Einar Tuompo (23 September 1893 – 27 February 1957) was a Finnish
lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...
during
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. He commanded the
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from 1935 to 1939, and from 1940 to 1941. During the
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, he was commander of the
North Finland Group The North Finland Group () was a formation of the Finnish Army during the Winter War. It was responsible for an almost 800-kilometer-long border from the town of Lieksa to the Arctic Ocean. The group was under the command of Major General Wiljo Tu ...
. During the
Continuation War The Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet–Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union during World War II. It began with a Finnish declaration of war on 25 June 1941 and ended on 19 ...
, Tuompo was the Chief of the Command Staff at General Headquarters in
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. He retired in 1945 and moved to Sweden with his family. When Tuompo returned to Finland in 1948, the "Red ValPo" (pro-
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State Police of Finland) detained him upon arrival. Tuompo was imprisoned and interrogated for five days, and then released as no formal charges against him were able to be presented.


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1893 births 1957 deaths Jägers of the Jäger Movement Military personnel from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish generals Finnish military personnel of World War II Finnish prisoners and detainees People from Pornainen Prisoners and detainees of Finland Finnish expatriates in Sweden {{Finland-mil-bio-stub