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About Eero Rahola
- Eero Rahola (15 January 1897 – 22 May 1975) was a Finnish Counter admiral and civil servant. Eero Rahola was born in Mänttä.
- He participated in the Finnish Civil War on the side of the Whites and took part in the Battle of Helsinki.
- Subsequently, he fought in the Estonian War of Independence.
- Between 1919 and 1921 he was stationed as a Finnish officer in Italy, where he also served three months aboard the Italian cruiser Francesco Ferruccio.
- He stayed in Italy and studied at the Italian Naval Academy; he graduated in 1925.
- Upon his return to Finland he served as a naval officer in several high positions.
- Between 1936 and 1940, i.e.
- also during the Winter War, he was commander of the coastal navy, and commander of the Finnish Navy 1940-1945, i.e.
- also during the Continuation War.
- In 1943 he was promoted to Counter admiral.
- He resigned in 1945 and was 1945-1964 head of the Finnish Maritime Administration.
- He died in Helsinki, aged 78.
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