"Lapland War '44 - The Finns attack" Topic

The further adventures of our hero "The Forest Terror" as they continue to expel the Germans from Lapland.

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Nicely done! Thanks for sharing

Excellent battle report!

I always enjoy your battles.

Just a side note on a possible keyboard mistake. A Border Jaeger translates to Rajajääkäri.
"Raja" is the Finnish word for border. There should be a "j" and not an "h."
Also/Myös, Ylikersantti rank is a Staff Sergeant and not a Jr. Sergeant. The word "yli" translates to "over" and Ylikersantti literally translates to Oversergeant or one rank above Sergeant, therefore a Staff Sergeant.
Korpraali is a Corporal.
Jäkkäri should be spelled Jääkari.
Luutnanti should be spelled Luutnantti
I hope this helps.

Best Regards/Terveisin

buffalo
Thanks so much for the response!
You got something against "money jaegers?" – LOL
Quite correct, it should have had a "j" not an "H."
Just a typo. As was luutnantti

I am not Finnish myself, just lived there for a couple of years a long time ago.
I sometimes get "Yli" and "Ali" mixed up.
As you say, YliKersantti is "over sergeant" or staff sergeant. Alikersantti is under sergeant. The NATO equivelant is a OR4 – which is a coporal in the US. Korpraali (I know it's a borrowed word) has a NATO equivellant of OR3 – which is a PFC in the US. So that's why I said it is more or less a PFC.

I have never seen "Jäkkäri" spelled "Jääkari." Wouldn't that violate Finnish spelling rules? Except in compound words (like rajajääkäri) isn't it against Finnish spelling rules to have an "ä" and an "a" in the same word?
Again, thanks for the response, I appreciate it.

The jaeger platoon web page spells it "Jäkkäri."
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What originally confused me was the spelling of Rajajääkäri with an "h" instead of a "j" as in the word raja. I figured it was a typing error or as I put it, a keyboard error. This drew my attention since my surname is Rajala. In Finnish one would say, "Sukunimeni on Rajala." I am not fluent in Finnish like my Dad was. Isäni puhui sujuva Suomea. Minä puhun vain vähän Suomea.

Then I started looking at the ranks you used for your infantrymen and noticed Ylikersantti was designated as a Jr. Sergeant rather than a Staff Sergeant and other spellings that I figured were likely typing errors.
I understand the rank of Jääkäri is virtually interchangeable with Sotamies. I have not seen Jääkäri spelled Jäkkäri with double kk instead of double ää.

And then, I must humble myself… since anyone of us can make a typing error, I made one by typing Jääkäri as Jääkari, forgetting the ä. Anteeksi.

Your battles are quite interesting to me as I have made study of the Talvisota, Jatkosota and Lapin sota. Many of my Dad's first cousins fought in these wars. One was sadly killed in action near Ilomantsi when only 20 years old and buried in the Sankarihautausmaa in Kuortane. My Dad was in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II and then the U.S. Air Force for another 20 years.

Further discussion of wargaming and miniature painting could be discussion for another day. Thanks for sharing your battle scenarios and photos.

Yikes and Gadzooks, my typing stinks.
Pretty pathetic considering my dad was a typing teacher. LOL

For anyone who might be following this, the correct spelling is: jääkäri.

And Buffalo, much respect to your relatives.

As a final note, I recently wrote a scenario book on the Winter War for Nuts! Hope to have it on sale soon.