List of wars involving Finland
This is a list of wars involving Finland since its declaration of independence on 6 December 1917.
List
| Conflict | Party 1 | Party 2 | Result | Finnish leaders | Finnish losses (dead or missing) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head of State | Chief of Defence | |||||
| Finnish Civil War (1918) |
 White Guard Germany Sweden
|
 Red Guards Russian SFSR
|
Government victory
|
~30,000[1] (Reds and Whites) | ||
| Heimosodat (1918–1922) |
White Guard Estonia East Karelia North Ingria
|
Russian SFSR Murmansk Legion
|
Treaty of Tartu | ~550 | ||
| Winter War (1939–1940) Part of the Second World War |
 Finland
|
 Soviet Union
|
Moscow Peace Treaty | 25,904[2] | ||
| Continuation War (1941–1944) Part of the Second World War |
Finland Germany
|
Soviet Union
|
Defeat [3] | 63,204[4] | ||
| Lapland War (1944–1945) Part of the 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 | ||
See also
- Military of the Grand Duchy of Finland
- Military history of Finland
- List of Finnish treaties
- 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.
- ^ Mouritzen, Hans (1997). External Danger and Democracy: Old Nordic Lessons and New European Challenges. Dartmouth. p. 35. 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.