List of Finnish wars

List of Finnish wars

This is a list of wars fought by independent Finland between 1917 and 1945:

*The Civil War (1918)
*The "kinship wars" ("Heimosodat") fought by Finnish volunteers
**The Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920)
**The Viena expedition (1918)
**The Petsamo expedition (1918 and 1920)
**The Aunus expedition (1919)
**The Rising of East Karelians (1921-1922)
**Treaty of Tartu (1920)
*The Winter War (1939-1940)
**Moscow Peace Treaty (1940)
*The Continuation War (1941-1944)
**Moscow armistice (1944)
**Paris Peace Treaty (1947)
*The Lapland War (1944-1945)

For the wars during the Russian rule (1809-1917), see French invasion of Russia (1812), November Uprising (war in Poland in 1830), Russo–Turkish War (several), Russo-Japanese War (1904-5) and World War I (1914-1917). For the list of wars during the Swedish rule (1249-1809), see List of Swedish wars.

For information on conflicts related to Finland prior to Swedish rule, see Early Finnish wars.

ee also

*Military history of Finland
*List of Finnish treaties
*History of Finland
*List of Swedish wars


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