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

He went to military school in the 1920s, and served at Nylands regiment and in the 1st divisions staff. He was a lecturer in history of war at the academy of military sciences in Finland 1927–39. As commendant for a regiment and a brigade he died during the Continuation war 1941–44 at Salla.

• 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