White Army of Finland

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The White Army of Finland was the anti-socialist military force that fought for the conservative Senate during the Finnish Civil War of 1918, ultimately securing Finland’s independence and political direction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf counterrevolutionary force
military organization
allegiance Finnish Senate
surface form: Senate of Finland
alsoKnownAs White Army of Finland
surface form: Government troops (Finnish Civil War)

White Army
surface form: White Guard Army
commander Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
conflict Finnish Civil War
contributedTo consolidation of Finnish independence
country Finland
disbandedAfter end of the Finnish Civil War
endTime 1918-05
flag white flag with blue cross (Finnish national colors)
formedFrom White Army of Finland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Finnish White Guards

civil guard units
goal defeat of socialist Red forces
support of conservative government
hasRole anti-socialist force
government army
historicalPeriod World War I era
interwar period (formation of Finnish state)
ideology anti-socialism
conservatism
influenced political direction of Finland
language Finnish
leader Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
location Finland
militaryBranch land forces
notableBattle Battle of Länkipohja
Battle of Tampere
Battle of Vyborg
opponent Red Guards of Finland
opposedIdeology Bolshevism
socialism
partOf Finnish Civil War
recruitmentArea rural Finland
recruitmentBase landowning classes
middle classes
officer corps of the former Russian Imperial Army (Finnish officers)
result victory in the Finnish Civil War
sideInConflict Whites
significance shaped post-civil-war Finnish political order
startTime 1918-01
successor Finnish Defence Forces
supported Finnish Senate
supportedBy German Empire
used conscription
volunteer troops

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Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim commanded White Army of Finland
White Army of Finland alsoKnownAs White Army of Finland
this entity surface form: Government troops (Finnish Civil War)
White Army of Finland formedFrom White Army of Finland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Finnish White Guards
Red Guards of Finland opposedBy White Army of Finland
this entity surface form: White Guard (Finland)
Battle of Tampere belligerent White Army of Finland
this entity surface form: Finnish White Army
Battle of Länkipohja combatant White Army of Finland
this entity surface form: Finnish White Guard
Finnish Whites formedFrom White Army of Finland
this entity surface form: Finnish Senate's forces
Finnish Whites formedFrom White Army of Finland
this entity surface form: Finnish Civil Guard
Kansalaissota relatedTo White Army of Finland
this entity surface form: Finnish White Guard
Suomen punakaarti opposedTo White Army of Finland
this entity surface form: Finnish White Army
Finnish White government militaryForce White Army of Finland
this entity surface form: Finnish White Army
Imperial German Baltic Sea Division supported White Army of Finland
this entity surface form: Finnish White forces
Imperial German Baltic Sea Division alliedWith White Army of Finland
this entity surface form: Finnish White Army