Einar Mäkinen

Einar Mäkinen
Einar Mäkinen
	Mäkinen (right) inspecting a map in 1941
Born	3 July 1895; Maaria, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died	8 September 1964 (aged 69); Helsinki, Finland
Buried	Hietaniemi Cemetery
Allegiance	German Empire (1916–1918); Finland (1918–1947);
Service/branch	Imperial German Army; Finnish Jäger troops; Finnish Army;
Years of service	1916–1946
Rank	Lieutenant General (1945)
Commands held	I Corps (1941–1941); V Corps (1942–1943); II Corps (1944);
Battles/wars	Finnish Civil War Battle of Tampere; Battle of Vilppula; Battle of Ruovesi; ; Winter War; Continuation War Finnish invasion of Ladoga Karelia; Finnish invasion of the Karelian Isthmus; Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive Battle of Ilomantsi; ; ;
Awards	Order of the Cross of Liberty; Order of the White Rose; Order of the Sword; Iron Cross;
Other work	CEO of Parava Oy

Einar Nikolai Mäkinen (3 July 1895 – 8 September 1964) was a Finnish lieutenant general (Finnish: kenraaliluutnantti) and a member of the Jäger movement. He participated in the Eastern Front of World War I, the Finnish Civil War, the Winter War and the Continuation War. Before the Continuation War, he participated in negotiations with the Germans regarding plans for the war.

During the Continuation War, Mäkinen served both as the national labor chief and as a corps commander. During the 1941 Finnish invasion of East Karelia, his I Corps captured the town of Sortavala. Mäkinen returned to corps command, this time of the II Corps, for the 1944 Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive. During the offensive, his corps was attacked by four divisions of the Soviet 32nd Army and fell back to the region south of Ilomantsi. Parts of the corps participated in the routing and partial destruction of two Soviet divisions in the Battle of Ilomantsi. Post-war, he briefly served as the quartermaster general and as the acting chief of the general staff. In 1946, Mäkinen left the military and was charged in the Weapons Cache Case, but the charges against him were dropped in 1948.

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