Page "Mikkeli" Paragraph 16

During the Winter War and Continuation War, the headquarters of the Finnish Army was located in Mikkeli.

The Army staff made their base in a local secondary school.

At the site of that school is the small Headquarters Museum ( Päämajamuseo ) containing photographs and memorabilia of the era.

Because the headquarters of the army was based there, Mikkeli was bombed heavily.

But since there was almost no " high-rise " development at that time, the damage was quickly repaired.

Architecturally most of prewar Mikkeli doesn't exist anymore.