List of wars involving Finland

This is a list of wars involving independent Finland. This list only includes conflicts where Finnish forces took part in actual combat, thus excluding peacekeeping operations.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Finnish leaders		Finnish losses
Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President	Chief of Defence	Finnish losses
Finnish Civil War (1918)	White Guard Germany	Red Guard Soviet-Russia	White Senate victory Russian military presence ceased.	K. J. Ståhlberg	C. G. E. Mannerheim	~30,000^[1] (Reds and Whites)
Winter War (1939–1940)	Finland	Soviet Union	Defeat (but survival as an independent state) Moscow Peace Treaty.	Kyösti Kallio		25,904^[2]
Continuation War (1941–1944)	Finland Germany	Soviet Union	Defeat^[3] (but survival as an independent state) Moscow Armistice, Lapland War	Risto Ryti		63,204^[4]
Lapland War (1944–1945)	Finland	Germany	Victory German retreat from Finnish territory.	C. G. E. Mannerheim		1,036^[5]

For the wars during the Russian rule (1809–1917), see French invasion of Russia (1812), November Uprising (war in Poland in 1830), Russo-Turkish War (several), Russo-Japanese War (1904–05) and World War I (1914–17). For the list of wars during the Swedish rule (1249–1809), see List of Swedish wars. For information on conflicts related to Finland prior to Swedish rule, see Early Finnish wars.

References

↑ 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.
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↑ 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.

[1] National Archive

[2] 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.

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[4] 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

[FOOTNOTEAhto1980296-5] Ahto 1980, p. 296.

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