Finnish Whites

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military force political faction

The Finnish Whites were the conservative, anti-socialist faction that fought to defend the existing social order and establish an independent, non-Bolshevik Finland during the Finnish Civil War of 1918.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Finnish Whites canonical 6
White Finland 3
White Finns 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military force ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
activeInConflict Finnish Civil War ⓘ
alliedWith Imperial German Army ⓘ
alsoKnownAs White Army ⓘ
Whites ⓘ
associatedEvent Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ
associatedWith Finnish Senate ⓘ
commander Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim ⓘ
conflictEndDate 1918-05-15 ⓘ
conflictStartDate 1918-01-27 ⓘ
consequence establishment of White-dominated government in Finland ⓘ
strengthening of Finnish independence from Russia ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
formedFrom White Army of Finland ⓘ
surface form: Finnish Civil Guard

White Army of Finland ⓘ
surface form: Finnish Senate's forces
goal defend existing social order in Finland ⓘ
establish independent non-Bolshevik Finland ⓘ
headquartersLocation Vaasa ⓘ
ideology anti-communism ⓘ
anti-socialism ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
ledBy Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim ⓘ
militaryWing White Army ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Tampere ⓘ
Battle of Vyborg ⓘ
opposedBy Red Guards ⓘ
opposedIdeology Bolshevism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
opposedTo Red Guards of Finland ⓘ
surface form: Finnish Reds
politicalPosition right-wing ⓘ
recruitedFrom Finnish Civil Guard volunteers ⓘ
rural population of Finland ⓘ
rejected Soviet-style workers' councils ⓘ
resultOfConflict defeat of Finnish Reds ⓘ
victory in Finnish Civil War ⓘ
startTime 1917 ⓘ
supportedBy Finnish bourgeoisie ⓘ
Finnish conservative parties ⓘ
Finnish landowners ⓘ
Finnish middle class ⓘ
Finnish peasant proprietors ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
supportedFormOfGovernment parliamentary democracy ⓘ
territorialControl northern and central Finland in early 1918 ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
usedSymbol white color ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Finnish Civil War → hasSide → Finnish Whites ⓘ
White Guard movement → hasPart → Finnish Whites ⓘ
this entity surface form: White Finns
Reds → opposedTo → Finnish Whites ⓘ
subject surface form: Reds (Finnish Civil War)
this entity surface form: Whites (Finnish Civil War)
Punakapina → hasParticipant → Finnish Whites ⓘ
Kansalaissota → belligerent → Finnish Whites ⓘ
Battle of Vyborg → belligerent → Finnish Whites ⓘ
Battle of Vyborg → combatantSide → Finnish Whites ⓘ
this entity surface form: White Finland
Battle of Helsinki → belligerent → Finnish Whites ⓘ
this entity surface form: White Finland
Battle of Helsinki → belligerent → Finnish Whites ⓘ
Battle of Lahti → belligerent → Finnish Whites ⓘ
People's Delegation of Finland → opposedBy → Finnish Whites ⓘ
this entity surface form: White Finland