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Wiljo Tuompo
Finnish lieutenant general during World War II From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Viljo (Wiljo) Einar Tuompo (23 September 1893 – 27 February 1957) was a Finnish lieutenant general during World War II. He commanded the Finnish Border Guard from 1935 to 1939, and from 1940 to 1941. During the Winter War, he was commander of the North Finland Group. During the Continuation War, Tuompo was the Chief of the Command Staff at General Headquarters in Mikkeli. He retired in 1945 and moved to Sweden with his family.
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When Tuompo returned to Finland in 1948, the "Red ValPo" (pro-Soviet State Police of Finland) detained him upon arrival. Tuompo was imprisoned and interrogated for five days, and then released as no formal charges against him were able to be presented.[1]
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