<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 empini yombango phakathi kwamaBolshevik Abomvu kanye Nabamhlophe, ababeyibutho leSenate yaseFinland, bexhaswa amabutho oMbuso waseJalimane. UMannerheim wamiswa njengenhloko yezempi yabamhlophe, ithimba laseFinland. UMannerheim waqokwa njengoMphathi Omkhulu Wamabutho Ahlomile Ezwe ngo-1939 ngemuva kokuthi  <response>: Ukuhlasela kweFinland kweSoviet okuhlulekile. 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. 