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Name: Red Finland

Type: Polity

Start: 1918 AD

End: 1918 AD

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Was the socialist force that opposed the whites during the Finnish Civil War.

Establishment


  • January 1918: The Whites captured Haapamäki at the end of January 1918.
  • Chronology


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    1. World War I


    Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.

    1.1.Aftermath of World War I

    Were a series of treaties and military events that can be considered a direct consequence of World War I.

    1.1.1.Finnish Civil War

    Was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (Red Finland) during the country's transition from a grand duchy of the Russian Empire to an independent state.

  • March 1918: The elimination of exclaves was a priority for both White and Red armies in February 1918.
  • March 1918: Houtskär was taken by the Finnish Whites.
  • March 1918: Korpo conquered by germany.
  • April 1918: The 10,000-strong Baltic Sea Division (German: Ostsee-Division), led by General Rüdiger von der Goltz, launched the main attack at Hanko.
  • April 1918: Battle of Tampere.
  • April 1918: The Finnish White Guard succeeds in taking Loviisa, east of Helsinki.
  • April 1918: Helsinki conquered by germany.
  • April 1918: Detachment Brandenstein overran the town of Lahti.
  • April 1918: The main German detachment proceeded northwards from Helsinki and took Hyvinkää and Riihimäki on 21-22 April.
  • April 1918: Hämeenlinna conquered by germany.
  • April 1918: Battle of Vyborg.
  • May 1918: Battle of Ahvenkoski.
  • May 1918: The war of 1918 ended when the Whites took over Fort Ino.

  • Disestablishment


  • May 1918: The war of 1918 ended when the Whites took over Fort Ino.
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