Vilho Petter Nenonen

Vilho Petteri Nenonen
Artillery general Vilho Nenonen
Born	6 March 1883 (1883-03-06)[1] Kuopio, Grand Duchy of Finland[2]
Died	17 February 1960 (1960-02-18) (aged 76)[3] Helsinki, Finland[4]
Allegiance	Imperial Russian Army Finnish Army [5]
Years of service	1901 - 1917 (Imperial Russian Army) 1917 - 1947 (Finnish Army) [6]
Rank	General
Awards	Mannerheim Cross 2nd class[7]

Vilho Petter Nenonen (6 March 1883 in Kuopio – 17 February 1960) was a Finnish general.^[8]

He received his military education in the Hamina Cadet School 1896-1901, in the Mihailov Artillery School in St Petersburg 1901-1903, and in St Petersburg Artillery Academy 1906-1909.^[9] He served in the Russian army during World War I.^[10] When the Finnish Civil War began he moved to Finland and was given the job of creating the artillery of general Mannerheim's White Army.^[11] After the war Nenonen also served as the Minister of Defence between 1923 and 1924.^[12] During the Continuation War he was a part of Mannerheim's inner circle.^[13] He was promoted to the rank of General of the artillery in 1941.^[14]

Nenonen developed the Finnish Army's artillery and tactics that proved decisive in the defensive victory in the Battle of Tali-Ihantala.^[15] The trajectory calculation formulas he developed are still in use today by all modern artillery.^[16]

Nenonen received the Mannerheim Cross in 1945.^[17]

His medals and personal history is on display in The Artillery Museum of Finland.^[18]

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