Battle of Tampere

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The Battle of Tampere was a decisive and bloody engagement of the Finnish Civil War in 1918, where White forces captured the key industrial city of Tampere from the Reds, marking a turning point in the conflict.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Tampere canonical 18
Defeat of the Finnish Reds 1
Tampere campaign 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
aftermath executions of captured Reds ⓘ
mass imprisonment of Red fighters ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tampereen taistelu ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Tampere
belligerent Finnish Reds ⓘ
Finnish White Army ⓘ
Red Guards ⓘ
White forces ⓘ
casualties thousands of killed and wounded ⓘ
civilianImpact heavy civilian casualties ⓘ
combatantsStrength several tens of thousands of troops involved ⓘ
commander Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim ⓘ
Ernst Löfström ⓘ
Hugo Salmela ⓘ
linked to: Ali Aaltonen

Verner Lehtimäki ⓘ
commemoratedOn local remembrance events in Tampere ⓘ
conflict Finnish Civil War ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
endDate 1918-04-06 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Lahti ⓘ
Battle of Vyborg ⓘ
hasMainPlace Tampere city centre ⓘ
linked to: Tampere
historicalContext occurred shortly after Finland’s declaration of independence from Russia ⓘ
language Finnish ⓘ
location Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
Pirkanmaa ⓘ
Tampere ⓘ
memorials monuments and graves in Tampere ⓘ
notableFeature extensive street fighting ⓘ
one of the bloodiest battles in Nordic history up to that time ⓘ
use of artillery bombardment against the city ⓘ
partOf Western Front of the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Länkipohja ⓘ
redForcesComposition local militias ⓘ
workers’ Red Guards ⓘ
linked to: Red Guards
result White victory ⓘ
capture of Tampere by White forces ⓘ
significance decisive defeat for the Red Guards ⓘ
turning point of the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
startDate 1918-03-15 ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of major industrial city ⓘ
control of key railway junction ⓘ
typeOf siege ⓘ
urban battle ⓘ
whiteForcesOrigin Finnish government troops ⓘ
whiteForcesSupport German-trained Jäger troops ⓘ
year 1918 ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

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

White Army of Finland → notableBattle → Battle of Tampere ⓘ
Finnish Civil War → result → Defeat of the Finnish Reds ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Tampere
Finnish Civil War → battle → Battle of Tampere ⓘ
Red Guards of Finland → involvedIn → Battle of Tampere ⓘ
Battle of Tampere → alsoKnownAs → Tampereen taistelu ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Tampere
Battle of Länkipohja → relatedEvent → Battle of Tampere ⓘ
Finnish Whites → notableBattle → Battle of Tampere ⓘ
Battle of Vyborg → relatedEvent → Battle of Tampere ⓘ
Battle of Lahti → precededBy → Battle of Tampere ⓘ
Suomen punakaarti → significantEvent → Battle of Tampere ⓘ
White forces (Finnish Civil War) → notableBattle → Battle of Tampere ⓘ
subject linked to: White forces
Red Guards (Finland) → engagedInBattle → Battle of Tampere ⓘ
subject linked to: Red Guards
Central Finland front → notableBattle → Battle of Tampere ⓘ
Central Finland front → relatedTo → Tampere campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Tampere
Battle of Orivesi → relatedEvent → Battle of Tampere ⓘ
Ernst Löfström → conflict → Battle of Tampere ⓘ