CARL GUSTAV ARMFELT: The Struggle for Finland during the Great Northern War

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Biography of General Carl Gustav Armfelt describes his role in defending the eastern frontier of the Swedish empire from Russian forces during the Great Northern War 1700-21. In 1718, he was commander of a small Swedish-Finnish army that retreated from besieging Trondheim after the death of Charles XII. Setting off on the final stage across the mountains on New Year's Day 1719 the army was struck by a blizzard harsher than any in living memory, and an orderly withdrawal turned into what has become infamously known as the Carolean Death March. It concludes with Armfelt's final years in Finland after the war. Includes 53 b/w illustrations, 17 color illustrations, 9 b/w maps, and 6 color maps.