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Civil War in Finland

Finnish Civil War
Part of World War I
Tampere destroyed in Civil War.jpg
Tampere's civilian buildings destroyed in the civil war.
Date 27 January – 15 May 1918
(3 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
Location Finland
Result
  • Victory of the Whites
  • German hegemony until 11 November 1918
  • Division in Finnish society
Belligerents

Finnish Whites

 German Empire
Swedish, Estonian, Polish volunteers

Finnish Reds

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet Russia
Commanders and leaders

C.G.E. Mannerheim
Hannes Ignatius
Ernst Linder
Ernst Löfström
Martin Wetzer
Karl Wilkman
German Empire Rüdiger von der Goltz
German Empire Hans von Tschirsky und von Bögendorff
German Empire Konrad Wolf
German Empire Otto von Brandenstein
German Empire Hugo Meurer
Hjalmar Frisell
Harald Hjalmarson
Hans Kalm

Stanislaw Prus-Boguslawski

Ali Aaltonen
Eero Haapalainen
Eino Rahja
Adolf Taimi
Evert Eloranta
Kullervo Manner
August Wesley
Hugo Salmela
Heikki Kaljunen
Fredrik Johansson
Verner Lehtimäki
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Konstantin Yeremejev
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Mikhail Svechnikov

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Georgij Bulatsel
Strength
White Guards 80,000–90,000
Jägers 1,450
Imperial German Army 14,000
Swedish Brigade 1,000
Estonian volunteers
Polish Legion 1,737
Red Guards 80,000–90,000 (2,000 women)
Former Russian Imperial Army 7,000–10,000
Casualties and losses
Whites
3,500 killed in action
1,650 executed
46 missing
4 POW deaths
Swedes
55 killed in action
Germans
450–500 killed in action
Total
5,700–5,800 casualties (100–200 neutral/"white" civilians)
Reds
5,700 killed in action
10,000 executed
1,150 missing
12,500 POWs deceased, 700 acute deaths after release
Russians
800–900 killed in action
1,600 executed
Total
32,500 casualties (100–200 neutral/"red" civilians)

Finnish Whites

Finnish Reds

C.G.E. Mannerheim
Hannes Ignatius
Ernst Linder
Ernst Löfström
Martin Wetzer
Karl Wilkman
German Empire Rüdiger von der Goltz
German Empire Hans von Tschirsky und von Bögendorff
German Empire Konrad Wolf
German Empire Otto von Brandenstein
German Empire Hugo Meurer
Hjalmar Frisell
Harald Hjalmarson
Hans Kalm


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