af Wirsén became a second lieutenant in the Svea Life Guards in 1895 , was promoted to lieutenant in 1897 and attended the Royal Swedish Army Staff College from 1900 to 1902 . He was appointed attaché in 1903 and was an aspirant at the General Staff from 1904 to 1906 . He was promoted to captain in the Svea Life Guards in 1909 . af Wirsén served on the General Staff from 1910 to 1914 . He became a teacher at the Royal Swedish Army Staff College in 1911 and was then military attaché in Constantinople and Sofia from 1915 to 1920 . Whilst in Constantinople and Sofia , he witnessed the Armenian Genocide along with the military operations in the Dardanelles in 1915 – 16 and the military operations in Macedonia in 1918 . af Wirsén was promoted to major in the Swedish Army in 1917 and major in the Göta Life Guards in 1920
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Einar af Wirsén