Modern era · 1918

Battle of Tampere

The Battle of Tampere was a 1918 Finnish Civil War battle, fought in Tampere, Finland from 15 March to 6 April between the Whites and the Reds. It is the most famous and deadly of all the Finnish Civil War battles. Its bloody aftermath saw the Whites execute hundreds of captured Reds with another 11,000 prisoners sent to the Kalevankangas camp.

Battle of Tampere
Battle of Tampere · Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
8 Mar 1918 – 6 Apr 1918
Where
Tampere
Era
Modern

Topics

Before and after

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