<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: UMannerheim wenza umsebenzi oncomekayo eMnyangweni Wezempi WaseRussia, ngo-1917 wafinyelela isikhundla sokuba u-lieutenant general. Wayenesikhundla esivelele emikhosini yokugcotshwa kukaTsar Nicholas II ngo-1896 futhi kamuva waba nemihlangano eminingi yangasese noTsar. Ngemva kokuvukela kwamaBolshevik ngoNovemba 1917 eRussia, iFinland yamemezela ukuzimela kwayo kodwa ngokushesha yahileleka  <response>: impi yombango phakathi kwamaBolshevik Abomvu kanye Nabamhlophe, okwakuyibutho leSenate yaseFinland, elisekelwa amabutho oMbuso waseJalimane. UMannerheim wamiswa njengenhloko yezempi yabamhlophe, ithimba laseFinland. UMannerheim waqokwa njengoMkhuzi Omkhulu Wamabutho Ahlomile Ezwe ngo-1939 ngemuva kokuhlasela kweSoviet eFinland. Wabuye wabamba iqhaza ekuhleleni i-Operation Barbarossa futhi wahola amabutho okuvikela aseFinland ekuhlaselweni kwe-USSR eceleni kweJalimane lamaNazi elaziwa ngokuthi yi-Continuation War. Ngo-1944, lapho umbono wokunqotshwa kweJalimane eMpini Yezwe II uba sobala, iPhalamende laseFinland lamisa uMannerheim njengoMongameli waseFinland, futhi waqondisa izingxoxo zokuthula neSoviet Union ne-UK. Wasula esikhundleni sokuba ngumongameli ngo-1946 futhi washona ngo-1951. 