Joose Olavi Hannula

Joose Olavi Hannula (5 September 1900 – 12 June 1944) was a Finnish colonel and historian.

Hannula was born in Turku. After studying at a military college in the 1920s, he joined the Finnish army, serving in the Nylands regiment and as a first division staff officer. He was a lecturer in the history of war at Finland's academy of military sciences from 1927 to 1939. He returned to active service as the commanding officer of a regiment and a brigade, and died at Salla during the Continuation War of 1941–44.

• Clausewitz sotateoreetikkona (1927)
• Napuen taistelu (1929)
• Itäarmeijan operaatioiden suunnittelu ja johto v. 18 (1932)
• Sotataidon historia (3 parts, 1933)
• Maailmansodan historia (2 parts, 1935–36)
• Hakkapeliittoja ja karoliineja (1939)
• Suomi taistelee (3 parts, with B. Fagerström och B. Sandberg, 1940)

• About J.O. Hannula's book on the Finnish civil war Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine