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Heinrichs was one of the Finnish Jaeger troops trained in the volunteer Royal Prussian 27th Jäger Battalion between 1915 and 1918. During the Finnish Civil War he served as a battalion commander in the battles of Tampere and Viipuri . He commanded the Finnish III Army Corps in the Winter War and from February 19, 1940 the Army of the Karelian Isthmus . He was made Chief of the General Staff in June 1940 and promoted to General of Infantry in 1941.

During the Continuation War he commanded the Karelian Army until January 1942, after which he was again appointed the Chief of the General Staff. After the war he served as the Army's commander-in-chief but was forced to resign because of the so called weapon concealment affair.

In 1944 Heinrichs became the second person to receive the Mannerheim Cross, First Class.

Heinrichs was one of the military experts of the delegation sent by president PaasikiviJuho Kusti Paasikivi ( November 27, 1870 December 14, 1956) was President of Finland from 1946 to 1956. Paasikivi was orphaned at the age of 14 and was raised by his aunt. In 1897 he graduated as a lawyer and married Anna Forsman. He became a doctor of la to MoscowMoscow ( Russian: Moskva capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 878. The city's population is rapidly increasing, with 11. 2 million inhabitants counted in 2004. The city is in the federal district called Central Russia (which is for the Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual AssistanceThe Finno Soviet Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance also known as the YYA Treaty from the Finnish Ystavyys-, yhteisty ja avunantosopimus YYA-sopimus ( Swedish: Vanskaps-, samarbets- och bistandsavtalet (VSB-avtalet)) was in effect