German intervention in the Finnish Civil War

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The German intervention in the Finnish Civil War was a 1918 military campaign in which Imperial Germany landed troops in Finland to support the White forces against the Reds, decisively influencing the outcome of the conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf foreign intervention ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
aftermath end of German presence in Finland after Germany’s defeat in World War I ⓘ
aim to secure German influence in Finland ⓘ
to support the White side against the Reds ⓘ
belligerent German Empire ⓘ
White Finland ⓘ
linked to: Finnish Whites
category 1918 in Finland ⓘ
Intervention in civil wars ⓘ
Military operations involving Germany ⓘ
commander Rüdiger von der Goltz ⓘ
commandStructure German 8th Army high command ⓘ
conflict Finnish Civil War ⓘ
consequence rapid collapse of Red resistance in southern Finland ⓘ
strengthening of German political influence in Finland in 1918 ⓘ
dateOfCapture German capture of Helsinki in April 1918 ⓘ
decisiveFor outcome of the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
hasPart German advance in southern Finland ⓘ
German capture of Helsinki ⓘ
German landing at Hanko ⓘ
German landing at Loviisa ⓘ
historicalContext World War I ⓘ
influencedBy Brest-Litovsk Treaty ⓘ
location Finland ⓘ
southern Finland ⓘ
linked to: Southern Finland
militaryUnit Baltic Sea Division ⓘ
numberOfTroops over 10,000 German soldiers ⓘ
opposedBy Bolshevik Russia ⓘ
Finnish Red Guards ⓘ
opposedTo Finnish Red forces ⓘ
opposingBelligerent Red Finland ⓘ
participant Finnish White forces ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Imperial German Army ⓘ
politicalObjective to establish a German-aligned monarchy in Finland ⓘ
relatedEvent proposal of a German prince as King of Finland in 1918 ⓘ
relatedTo Russian Revolution ⓘ
collapse of the Russian Empire ⓘ
result White victory in the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
significantEvent defeat of Red forces in southern Finland ⓘ
occupation of Helsinki by German troops ⓘ
startTime 1918 ⓘ
supported Senate of White Finland ⓘ
supportedBy Finnish White militias ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Baltic Sea region ⓘ
typeOfSupport ground forces ⓘ
naval support in the Baltic Sea ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Helsinki → notableFeature → German intervention in the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
Battle of Lahti → involvement → German intervention in the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
Rüdiger von der Goltz → participantIn → German intervention in the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
Rüdiger von der Goltz → participantIn → German intervention in the Baltic region ⓘ
linked to: German intervention in the Finnish Civil War