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After the war he was (like almost any Finn) quite sure that Soviet Union would try to occupy the country after peace has been declared. So Lauri hid some infantry weapons for future use, unaware of other, nation-wide organized ring of conspirators who hid the weapons to all 38 militia districts of Finland, each district holding a battalion-worth of outside-the-army-accounting weapons. In case of occupation, the weapons and guerrilla battalions would make the Red Army life difficult. The Waffen-SS was still at full-scale war with russians and they asked Lauri to join their underground movement which would, in case of Soviet occupation of Finland, fight back at Finnish soil. Obviously, the Waffen-SS had their own interest here, but so had Lauri too.

Due this Waffen-SS connection and political change in Finnish climate (so called Years of Danger) where the formerly-forbidden Communist Party of Finland rose from the ashes and secured vast majority of secret police offices and others (like Finnish department of interior), Lauri was imprisoned, charged and sentenced for treason. He got 6 years of imprisonment (sounds ridiculous compared to lifes or death penalties, given at other countries). After the communists have been kicked out from offices due the incapacity and atrocities and Soviet Control Commission (formed from Soviet officers) has left, Lauri was pardoned by president.

As interesting off-topic, many other Finns, including former president of Finland were sentenced to prison in Finland by a cangaroo-court which was suddenly sentencing Finnish people as war-responsibles. These laws were retroactive and were result of pressure from Moscow.

So, as a summarum: Lauri Törni was a man of action with no education but combat officer of infantry. He has been doing time in prison (which did not improve his possibilities to get job), so he saw no other choice but join the other secret-weapon-cache officers of Finland who had escaped to USA earlied and were now working there in US army.]]>