Heimosodat

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irredentist campaign military conflict paramilitary operation

Heimosodat refers to a series of early 20th-century military expeditions and conflicts in which Finnish volunteers sought to support kindred Finnic peoples and expand Finland’s influence in neighboring regions after independence.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Heimosodat canonical 2
Inkerin sota 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf irredentist campaign ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
paramilitary operation ⓘ
countryInvolved Finland ⓘ
endTime early 1920s ⓘ
followed Finnish Civil War ⓘ
goal create a Greater Finland ⓘ
expand Finland’s influence ⓘ
protect Finnic minorities ⓘ
hasEffect influenced Finnish–Soviet relations ⓘ
shaped Finnish volunteer tradition ⓘ
strengthened Finnish nationalist mythology ⓘ
hasPart Aunuksen retki ⓘ
Heinrichs’in retki Karjalaan ⓘ
Heimosodat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Inkerin sota

Karjalan kapina 1921–1922 ⓘ
Latvian vapaussota ⓘ
Petsamon retket ⓘ
Vienan retki ⓘ
Viron vapaussota ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
languageOfTerm Finnish ⓘ
literalMeaning kindred nation wars ⓘ
location East Karelia ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Karelia

Estonia ⓘ
Ingria ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
Northwest Russia ⓘ
surface form: Northwestern Russia

Petsamo region ⓘ
surface form: Petsamo

East Karelia ⓘ
surface form: White Karelia
motivatedBy Finnish nationalism ⓘ
anti-Bolshevism ⓘ
irredentism ⓘ
support for kindred Finnic peoples ⓘ
opponent Red Army ⓘ
surface form: Bolshevik forces

Red Army units ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Russia
participant Estonians ⓘ
Finnish volunteers ⓘ
Ingrians ⓘ
Jäger officers ⓘ
Finnish Karelians ⓘ
surface form: Karelians

Suojeluskunta members ⓘ
Southern Front of the Russian Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Whites in the Russian Civil War

kindred Finnic peoples ⓘ
relatedTo Russian Civil War ⓘ
Treaty of Tartu ⓘ
startTime 1918 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Finnish Civil War → followedBy → Heimosodat ⓘ
Finnish–Russian border conflicts → hasPart → Heimosodat ⓘ
Heimosodat → hasPart → Heimosodat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inkerin sota