Hakkapeliitta (Finnish pl. hakkapeliitat) is a historiographical term used for a Finnish light cavalryman in the service of King Gustavus Adolphus of...
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with its own permanent winter tyre testing facility. The company's Hakkapeliitta brand name is recognised in Finland as a trademark. Nokian Tyres concentrates...
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Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) as a well-trained cavalrymen called "Hakkapeliitta". Finland suffered a severe famine in 1695–1697, during which about...
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Guard) Governor's Guards (United States) Guides Cavalry (Pakistan Army) Hakkapeliitta (Finnish cavalry of Thirty Years' War) Ironside King's Royal Hussars...
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Åkesson Tott. Åke Henriksson Tott's tomb in the Cathedral of Turku Hakkapeliitta Nordisk familjebok, 2:a upplagan, Malmö Article Tott, Åke in Biografiskt...
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defense against weapons such as swords, spears, javelins, and arrows. Hakkapeliitta: Finnish light horsemen from the 16th to 18th century. They were armed...
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be far more aggressive, often employing his Finnish light cavalry or Hakkapeliitta as shock troops. He also used columns on occasion, including the failed...
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Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, ulkoperspektiivipiirustus, 1921. "26.11.1927 Hakkapeliitta no 48, s. 11". digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 13...
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Lieutenant Colonel Torsten Stålhandske's Hakkapeliitta's 4 companies with 350 men and Colonel Reinhold Wunsch's Hakkapeliitta's 4 companies with 350 men. The first...
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given in Finnish. The Finnish cavalry in the Swedish army was called Hakkapeliitta after their battle cry "Hakkaa päälle!". Approximately 110,000 soldiers...
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