List of wars involving Finland
This is a list of wars involving Finland since its declaration of independence on 6 December 1917.
List
[edit]| Conflict | Party 1 | Party 2 | Result | Finnish leaders | Finnish losses (dead or missing) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head of State | Chief of Defence | |||||
| Finnish Civil War (1918) | .svg){kind=small} White Guard Germany Sweden |  Red Guards Russian SFSR | Government victory
| ~30,000[1] (Reds and Whites) | ||
| Heimosodat (1918–1922) | White Guard Estonia East Karelia North Ingria | Russian SFSR Murmansk Legion | Treaty of Tartu | ~550 | ||
| Winter War (1939–1940) Part of the Second World War |  Finland |  Soviet Union | Moscow Peace Treaty | 25,904[2] | ||
| Continuation War (1941–1944) Part of the Second World War | Finland Germany | Soviet Union | Defeat [3] | 63,204[4] | ||
| Lapland War (1944–1945) Part of the Second World War | Finland | Germany | Victory
| 1,036[5] | ||
| War in Afghanistan (2009–2021) |  Afghanistan |  Taliban | Defeat
| 2[6] | ||
| War in Iraq (2014–2017) |  Iraq CJTF–OIR |  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | Victory
| None | ||
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See also
[edit]- Military of the Grand Duchy of Finland
- Military history of Finland
- List of Finnish treaties
- Finland Guard Regiment
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ National Archive
- ^ Finnish detailed death casualties: Dead, buried 16,766; Wounded, died of wounds 3,089; Dead, not buried, later declared as dead 3,503; Missing, declared as dead 1,712; Died as a prisoner of war 20; Other reasons (diseases, accidents, suicides) 677; Unknown 137.
- ^ Mouritzen, Hans (1997). External Danger and Democracy: Old Nordic Lessons and New European Challenges. Dartmouth. p. 35. ISBN 1-85521-885-2.
- ^ Finnish detailed death casualties: Dead, buried 33,565; Wounded, died of wounds 12,820; Dead, not buried later declared as dead 4,251; Missing, declared as dead 3,552; Died as prisoners of war 473; Other reasons (diseases, accidents, suicides) 7,932; Unknown 611
- ^ Ahto 1980, p. 296.
- ^ "OEF: Afghanistan: Fatalities By Year". icasualties.org. 9 September 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
Bibliography
[edit]- Ahto, Sampo (1980). Aseveljet vastakkain – Lapin sota 1944–1945 [Brothers in Arms Opposing Each Other – Lapland War 1944–1945] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kirjayhtymä. ISBN 978-951-26-1726-5.