Battle of Tampere

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The Battle of Tampere was a decisive and bloody engagement of the Finnish Civil War in 1918, where White forces captured the key industrial city of Tampere from the Reds, marking a turning point in the conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
engagement of the Finnish Civil War
aftermath executions of captured Reds
mass imprisonment of Red fighters
alsoKnownAs Battle of Tampere
surface form: Tampereen taistelu
belligerent Red Guards of Finland
surface form: Finnish Reds

White Army of Finland
surface form: Finnish White Army

Red Guards
White forces
casualties thousands of killed and wounded
civilianImpact heavy civilian casualties
combatantsStrength several tens of thousands of troops involved
commander Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Ernst Löfström
Ali Aaltonen
surface form: Hugo Salmela

Verner Lehtimäki
commemoratedOn local remembrance events in Tampere
conflict Finnish Civil War
country Finland
endDate 1918-04-06
followedBy Battle of Lahti
Battle of Vyborg
hasMainPlace Tampere
surface form: Tampere city centre
historicalContext occurred shortly after Finland’s declaration of independence from Russia
language Finnish
location Grand Duchy of Finland
Pirkanmaa
Tampere
memorials monuments and graves in Tampere
notableFeature extensive street fighting
one of the bloodiest battles in Nordic history up to that time
use of artillery bombardment against the city
partOf Western Front of the Finnish Civil War
precededBy Battle of Länkipohja
redForcesComposition local militias
Red Guards
surface form: workers’ Red Guards
result White victory
capture of Tampere by White forces
significance decisive defeat for the Red Guards
turning point of the Finnish Civil War
startDate 1918-03-15
strategicObjective capture of major industrial city
control of key railway junction
typeOf siege
urban battle
whiteForcesOrigin Finnish government troops
whiteForcesSupport German-trained Jäger troops
year 1918

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White Army of Finland notableBattle Battle of Tampere
Finnish Civil War result Battle of Tampere
this entity surface form: Defeat of the Finnish Reds
Finnish Civil War battle Battle of Tampere
Red Guards of Finland involvedIn Battle of Tampere
Battle of Tampere alsoKnownAs Battle of Tampere
this entity surface form: Tampereen taistelu
Battle of Länkipohja relatedEvent Battle of Tampere
Finnish Whites notableBattle Battle of Tampere
Battle of Vyborg relatedEvent Battle of Tampere
Battle of Lahti precededBy Battle of Tampere
Suomen punakaarti significantEvent Battle of Tampere