Finnish Civil War
January 27 – May 15, 1918
Result Finnish Whites victory
The socialist Reds and the conservative Whites fought for control of Finland after independence from Russia. The Whites, led by Carl Gustaf Mannerheim and helped by German troops, won, and thousands of Reds died in prison camps.
Battles 5
February 15, 1918 – September 1918
Invasion of Åland
Germans and Swedes leave Åland
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Gustaf V of Sweden
March 8 – April 6, 1918
April 5, 1918
April 13, 1918
Battle of Helsinki
German and White victory
April 24–29, 1918
