Battle of Länkipohja

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The Battle of Länkipohja was a key engagement during the Finnish Civil War in 1918, where White forces achieved an important victory over the Reds in central Finland.


Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
engagement
belligerent Red forces
White forces
combatant Red Guards of Finland
surface form: Finnish Red Guard

White Army of Finland
surface form: Finnish White Guard
conflict Finnish Civil War
conflictType civil war battle
country Finland
countryAtTime Grand Duchy of Finland
surface form: Grand Duchy of Finland / newly independent Finland
date 1918
era post-Russian Empire period in Finland
hasCause political and social tensions in Finland
historicalContext struggle over control of Finland after independence from Russia in 1917
location Länkipohja
militaryTheater Central Finland front
opposingIdeologies Red (socialist, revolutionary)
White (conservative, anti-socialist)
partOf Finnish Civil War
operations in central Finland during the Finnish Civil War
region Central Finland
relatedEvent Battle of Orivesi NERFINISHED
Battle of Tampere
result White victory
sideLost Red Army
surface form: Red forces
sideWon White forces
significance important victory for the White side
key engagement in the Finnish Civil War
timePeriod 20th century
World War I
surface form: World War I era

Referenced by (2)

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

White Army of Finland notableBattle Battle of Länkipohja
Battle of Tampere precededBy Battle of Länkipohja