The White Guard, officially known as the Civil Guard (Finnish: Suojeluskunta, IPA: [ˈsuo̯jelusˌkuntɑ]; Swedish: Skyddskår; lit. 'Protection Corps'), was...
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White movement White Guard (Finland), part of the White Army during the 1918 Finnish Civil War White Guards, a name applied to the Slovene Home Guard...
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The Red Guards (Finnish: Punakaarti, IPA: [ˈpunɑˌkɑːrti]; Swedish: Röda gardet) were the paramilitary units of the labour movement in Finland during the...
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controlled the cities and industrial centres of southern Finland. The paramilitary White Guards, which consisted of land owners and those in the middle...
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Sudan in the north White Guard (Finland), which constituted the bulk of the White Army, Finnish government forces in the Finnish Civil War (January–May...
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Estonia White Guard (Finland) (1918–1944), voluntary militia of the "Whites", who opposed the "Reds" in the Finnish Civil War of 1918 National Guard (France)...
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Finnish Guards' Rifle Battalion (Finnish: Henkikaartin 3. Suomen Tarkk’ampujapataljoona, Swedish: Livgardets 3:e finska skarpskyttebataljon, Russian: Лейб-гвардии...
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The White Guard Affair (Finnish: Suojeluskuntaselkkaus) was a 1921 conflict between the government of Finland and the leadership of the White Guard (Finnish:...
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paramilitary Red Guards served in the 1918 Finnish Civil War. The first Women's Guards units formed in early February in the main Finnish cities. More than...
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(Finnish: jääkärit, Swedish: jägare). After independence and the beginning of the Finnish Civil War the White government declared the White Guards as...
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anti-communist side may be referred to as White Armies, e.g. the White Guard-led, partially conscripted army in Finland (valkoinen armeija) who fought against...
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Ali Aaltonen (category People killed by the White Guard (Finland))
was a Finnish journalist and former lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Army, who served as the first commander-in-chief of the Finnish Red Guards from...
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Central Powers (section Finland)
Irish Citizen Army Irish Republican Brotherhood Irish Volunteers White Guard (Finland) Polish Legions BMORK Ahl Haydara Mansur Bulgaria signed an armistice...
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Vilho Lehokas (category People killed by the White Guard (Finland))
Löfqvist) was a Finnish upholsterer and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1916 to 1918. During the Finnish Civil War, he sided...
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Juho Lehmus (category People killed by the White Guard (Finland))
Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). Lehmus was born in Orivesi. During the Finnish Civil War, he sided with the Reds, was taken prisoner by White troops and was...
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Samuli Häkkinen (category People killed by the White Guard (Finland))
1913 until his death in 1918. During the Finnish Civil War, he sided with the Reds, was made prisoner by the White troops and was shot in Viipuri on 6 May...
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Finnish People's Delegation. The FSWR collapsed when the Red Guards were defeated by the White Finns and Germany, with Manner and most of the Finnish...
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of Finland. The Finnish Defence Forces consist of the Finnish Army, the Finnish Navy, and the Finnish Air Force. In wartime, the Finnish Border Guard becomes...
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Juho Hakkinen (category People killed by the White Guard (Finland))
April 1872 - May 1918) was a Finnish blacksmith and politician, born in Korpilahti. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1916 to 1918, representing...
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Jussi Rainio (category People killed by the White Guard (Finland))
Maaria – 10 May 1918, Pori) was a Finnish journalist and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1911 to 1913, representing the...
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rescue service. Estonian Defence League White Guard (Finland) National Defence Training Association of Finland Defence Forces act of 2007 "Intti.fi Local...
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Oskar Kaipio (category People killed by the White Guard (Finland))
Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). During the Finnish Civil War he sided with the Reds, was made prisoner by White troops and shot in Uusikirkko...
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Juho Rikkonen (category People killed by the White Guard (Finland))
Party of Finland (SDP). He was born in Jääski. In 1918, during the Finnish Civil War, he sided with the Reds. He was taken prisoner by White troops and...
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Kalle Suosalo (category People killed by the White Guard (Finland))
born in Messukylä. When the Finnish Civil War broke out on 27 January 1918, he was living in Jakobstad, where the White side established control in the...
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Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia...
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Jussi Merinen (category People killed by the White Guard (Finland))
North between May 1907 and July 1908. He was executed by the White Guard during the Finnish Civil War. Merinen was born on 20 October 1873 in Tyrvää. He...
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Wilho Laine (category People killed by the White Guard (Finland))
Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). During the Finnish Civil War he sided with the Reds, was made prisoner by White troops and shot in Hämeenlinna...
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Guard Company Royal Life Guard Music Band The Guard Jaeger Regiment (Finnish: Kaartin Jääkärirykmentti, Swedish: Gardesjägarregementet) is a Finnish Army...
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Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (redirect from Hitler's visit in Finland)
role as the senior commander of the White Guard in the massacres of the Red prisoners during and after the Finnish Civil War and the establishment of the...
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Viena expedition (category Battles of the Russian Civil War involving Finland)
expedition (Finnish: Vienan retkikunta, Swedish: Vienaexpeditionen) was a military expedition in March 1918 by Finnish volunteer forces to annex White Karelia...
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