This leader is the only person in history to become Marshal of Finland, a title he received on his 75th birthday shortly before a surprise negotiation with his ally Adolf Hitler. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this military leader, who gave his name to the system of fortifications built on the Karelian Isthmus to defend Finland from the Soviet Union.
ANSWER: Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim [accept Mannerheim Line or Mannerheim-linja]
[10m] Mannerheim commanded the Finnish forces during this war, in which they inflicted costly losses on the victorious Soviet Union. Finland was forced to cede the city of Vyborg to the USSR after this 1939 to 1940 war.
ANSWER: Winter War
[10e] In the Finnish Civil War of 1918, Mannerheim led the White Guards against the Finnish labor movement’s paramilitaries, who were named after this color. In Russia, the Bolsheviks were associated with this color.
ANSWER: red [or krasny or punainen; accept Reds or Red Guards or Punakaarti or Röda gardet]
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