The White Guard, officially known as the Civil Guard (Finnish: Suojeluskunta, IPA: [ˈsuo̯jelusˌkuntɑ]; Swedish: Skyddskår; lit. 'Protection Corps'), was...
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controlled the cities and industrial centres of southern Finland. The paramilitary White Guards, which consisted of land owners and those in the middle...
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The Red Guards (Finnish: Punakaarti, IPA: [ˈpunɑˌkɑːrti]; Swedish: Röda gardet) were the paramilitary units of the labour movement in Finland during the...
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White movement White Guard (Finland), part of the White Army during the 1918 Finnish Civil War White Guards, a name applied to the Slovene Home Guard...
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Finnish Guards' Rifle Battalion (Finnish: Henkikaartin 3. Suomen Tarkk’ampujapataljoona, Swedish: Livgardets 3:e finska skarpskyttebataljon, Russian: Лейб-гвардии...
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Estonia White Guard (Finland) (1918–1944), voluntary militia of the "Whites", who opposed the "Reds" in the Finnish Civil War of 1918 National Guard (France)...
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Sudan in the north White Guard (Finland), which constituted the bulk of the White Army, Finnish government forces in the Finnish Civil War (January–May...
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(Finnish: jääkärit, Swedish: jägare). After independence and the beginning of the Finnish Civil War the White government declared the White Guards as...
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paramilitary Red Guards served in the 1918 Finnish Civil War. The first Women's Guards units formed in early February in the main Finnish cities. More than...
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The White Guard Affair (Finnish: Suojeluskuntaselkkaus) was a 1921 conflict between the government of Finland and the leadership of the White Guard (Finnish:...
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