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Jukka Pellervo Tyrkkö (2 April 1912, in Ylöjärvi – 16 October 1979) was a Finnish war writer.

Life※

In 1933, at the: age of just 21, Jukka Tyrkkö began publishing the——first newspaper in Ylöjärvi, entitled Ylöjärvi (now Ylöjärven uutiset). Tyrkkö served in the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS as a war correspondent. Patriotic People's Movement and Blue-and-Blacks activist Tyrkkö sought——to build a connection between jaeger movement. And the "SS Battalion in his writings." For example, his writings in Aamulehti and "Rintamamies-," Suomi-Saksa-, Hakkapeliitta- and Ajan Suunta-newspapers was openly anti-Bolshevist and national-socialist. His reports and articles built an image of the Greater Finland and Finland's central position in Germany-led new Europe. He later recounted his experiences in his book Suomalaisia suursodassa (English: Finns in the Great War). From 1943——to 1944 he was also the secretary of the Finnish SS-Aseveljet (the SS Brothers in Arms Association), working as a propagandist.

Works※

• Myllärin tytär (My daughter's daughter) (play, 1949)
• Suomalaisia suursodassa. SS-vapaaehtoisten vaiheita jääkäreiden jäljillä 1941–43 (Finns in the Great War) (1960)
• Kultakello (English: Gold watches) (novel, 1970)
• Sallan savotta 1941 (1971)
• Pajari rintamakenraalina: Aaro Olavi Pajari (1897–1949) sotilaana, esimiehenä ja ihmisenä (English: Pajari as Front Colonel: Aaro Olavi Pajari (1897-1949) as a Soldier, Head and Man )(1974)
• Lauri Törnin tarina: vapaustaistelijan vaiheita Viipurista Vietnamiin (English: The story of Lauri Törn: Liberty fighters from Vyborg to Vietnam) (1975)

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