White Guard
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The White Guard was a Finnish nationalist paramilitary organization that served as the main military force of the anti-socialist Whites during the Finnish Civil War and later functioned as a key component of the country’s internal security and defense.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
paramilitary organization
ⓘ
voluntary militia ⓘ |
| conflict | Finnish Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Finland ⓘ |
| demographicBase |
middle-class and landowning groups
ⓘ
rural population ⓘ |
| disbandedBy | Soviet Union’s demands in the 1944 armistice ⓘ |
| dissolutionCause | Moscow Armistice of 1944 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1944 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
local White Guard districts
ⓘ
women’s auxiliary Lotta Svärd (cooperating organization) NERFINISHED ⓘ youth organizations ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Helsinki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | controversial due to role in Civil War reprisals ⓘ |
| ideology | Finnish nationalism ⓘ |
| language |
Finnish
ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Finnish legislation on voluntary defense associations ⓘ |
| legalStatus | banned organization after 1944 ⓘ |
| membership | hundreds of thousands at peak ⓘ |
| militaryFunction | auxiliary to the regular army ⓘ |
| nativeLabel |
Skyddskår
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Suojeluskunta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
involvement in interwar border security
ⓘ
participation in suppression of Red uprisings in 1918 ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Red Guard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
socialist and communist movements in Finland ⓘ |
| partOf |
Finnish internal security system
ⓘ
Finnish national defense system ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
anti-socialist
ⓘ
right-wing ⓘ |
| primaryTask |
maintaining internal order
ⓘ
preparing for national defense ⓘ supporting the White government forces ⓘ |
| recruitment | voluntary enlistment ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Grand Duchy of Finland (late period of autonomy)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Civil Guard (similar organizations in other countries)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lotta Svärd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInConflict | main military force of the White side in the Finnish Civil War ⓘ |
| socialRole | instrument of conservative and agrarian elites ⓘ |
| startTime | 1917 ⓘ |
| successor | Finnish Defence Forces reserve organizations ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Finnish Senate (White government) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbol |
lion of Finland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
white color ⓘ |
| timePeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| trainingRole | pre-military training for conscripts ⓘ |
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