Aleksander einseln biography of michael

Estonian general, the Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces from 1993 to 1995

Aleksander Einseln (25 October 1931 – 16 March 2017) was an Estonian general, the Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces from 1993 to 1995 and previously a United States Armycolonel. Born in Estonia, his mother and he fled the Red Army, which was resuming its occupation of the country.

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From 1950 to 1985, he served in the US Army, taking part in the Korean War, and as a Special Forces A-team commander in the Vietnam War. In 1993, at the request of President Lennart Meri, he returned to Estonia to serve as the first Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces following the restoration of Estonia's independence.^[1][2]

Biography

Aleksander Einseln was born in Estonia on 25 October 1931.^[3] Einseln's father was deported by the Soviet occupants.

His mother and he sought refuge in the West in 1944, becoming displaced persons in postwar Germany. In 1949 Aleksander Einseln (born October 25, 1931), American ... RAZU