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The war has been assigned several designations according to different political and ideological viewpoints. War of Independence (Finnish: vapaussota) was used during the war by both sides to express the fight for liberation from capitalism for the Reds and freedom from Soviet Russian influence by the Whites; Civil War is the term increasingly employed by the reconstituted social democrats ...
The history of Finland begins around 9,000 BC during the end of the last glacial period. Stone Age cultures were Kunda , Comb Ceramic , Corded Ware , Kiukainen , and Pöljä cultures [ fi ] . The Finnish Bronze Age started in approximately 1,500 BC and the Iron Age started in 500 BC and lasted until 1,300 AD.
This is a list of wars involving Finland since its declaration of independence on 6 ... Military history of Finland; List of Finnish treaties; Finland Guard Regiment;
This is the history of Finland from 1917 ... After Germany's defeat in WWI, the independence of the Finnish nation was confirmed and the country's government was to ...
The Senate then opted to turn Finland into a kingdom with a German king, but owing to Germany's defeat in the world war the modern republic was created instead. [ 2 ] A Finno-Bulgarian peace treaty [ d ] was also signed at Berlin on 21 May 1918 [ 12 ] and an Austro-Hungarian–Finnish peace treaty was signed in Vienna on 29 May 1918. [ 2 ]
This article deals with the political history of Finland from prehistoric times, through the Swedish rule (c.1200-1808), to the Russian rule (Grand Duchy of Finland, 1809-1917) and the time of independent Finland (1917-). In this context, Finland broadly refers to the geographical area in which the current Finnish state is located.
However, the Socialists (The Reds) and the Whites in Finland fell into war with each other in January 1918. The Reds wanted Finland to be a Soviet republic and were aided by Russian forces still in Finland. The Whites of Finland were led by General C.G.E.Mannerheim, a Finnish baron who had been in the Tsar's service since he was 15 years old ...
Battle of Lahti was a 1918 Finnish Civil War battle, fought from 19 April to 1 May by the German troops and Finnish Whites against the Finnish Reds in Lahti, Finland. Together with the Battle of Viipuri , from 24 to 29 April, it was the last major battle of the war.