List of wars involving Finland
This is a list of Republic of Finland. The combat in Finland from 1939 through 1945 is considered part of the Second World War.
List
| Conflict | Party 1 | Party 2 | Result | Finnish leaders | Finnish losses (dead or missing) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head of State | Chief of Defence | |||||
| Finnish Civil War (1918) |
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|
Government Victory
|
~30,000[1]
(Reds and Whites) | |||
| Heimosodat (1918–1922) |
 Russian SFSR Murmansk Legion
|
Treaty of Tartu
|
~550
| |||
Second World War
|
 Finland
|
 Soviet Union
|
Moscow Peace Treaty | 25,904[2]
| ||
Second World War
|
Finland Germany
|
Soviet Union
|
Defeat [3] | 63,204[4]
| ||
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
- Military of the Grand Duchy of Finland
- Military history of Finland
- List of Finnish treaties
- Early Finnish wars
- History of Finland
- List of Swedish wars
- Finland Guard Regiment
References
Citations
- ^ 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.
- 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
- 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.