1918 |
EVENT |
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27.1. |
Reds proclaim the start of the revolution in Finland |
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28.1. |
White troops begin to disarm Russian army units in Ostrobothnia |
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28.1. |
Red Guards occupy the Bank of Finland, which is then closed
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8.2. |
A Red Executive Board is appointed at the Bank of Finland, which is then re-opened |
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25.2. |
The main body of Finnish jaegers (light infantrymen) trained in Germany lands in Vaasa
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3.3. |
Russia and Germany agree peace terms in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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3.4. |
Germany's Baltic Sea Division lands in Hanko |
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6.4. |
Tampere surrenders to the Whites |
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8.4. |
The Red leaders flee from Helsinki to Viipuri |
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13.4. |
German troops take Helsinki
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14.4. |
The legally constituted Executive Board takes control at the Bank of Finland |
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24.4. |
Commander-in-Chief Mannerheim orders the establishment of a prison system for captured Red troops
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29.4. |
The Whites take Viipuri |
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5.5. |
The last Red troops surrender |
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16.5. |
General Mannerheim’s victory parade in Helsinki |
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29.5. |
Enactment of the Act establishing Courts for Crimes against the State |
Key dates in the Civil War
