Detachment Brandenstein
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Detachment Brandenstein was an unit commanded by German Baron Otto von Brandenstein. The 3,000 man unit which fought in the Finnish Civil War by landing to Loviisa April 7, 1918. Its assigned mission was to cut Reds' railway connections by attacking to East, thus cutting the railway between Helsinki and Viipuri.
Later the unit was attached to the Baltic Sea Division.
[edit] References
- Arimo, Reino (1995): Saksalaisten sotilaallinen toiminta Suomessa 1918 ISBN 951-96174-4-2.
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