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Battle of Lahti

Battle of Lahti was a battle fought on 1 May 1918 at Lahti, in what is now Finland. It was part of the German Invasion in the Finnish Civil War. The recorded result: White victory. Recorded strength: 800 Germans; 3,000 Whites against 800 members of the Lahti Red Guard; ~10,000 armed refugees.

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1918 Finnish Civil War: German general Otto von Brandenstein and Estonian coloel Hans Kalm meet in Lahti.
1918 Finnish Civil War: German general Otto von Brandenstein and Estonian coloel Hans Kalm meet in Lahti.. Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1 May 1918
WhereLahti, Finland60.984N, 25.652E
OutcomeWhite victory
BelligerentsGerman Empire; Finnish WhitesagainstFinnish Reds
Casualties and losses64 Germans killed; ~20 Whites killedandat least 200 killed; ~30,000 captured
Part ofGerman Invasion in the Finnish Civil War

Where it sits in the German Invasion in the Finnish Civil War

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9 placed engagements of the German Invasion in the Finnish Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1 May 1918
PlaceLahti, Finland
60.984N, 25.652E
KindBattle, First World War
Strength800 Germans; 3,000 Whites800 members of the Lahti Red Guard; ~10,000 armed refugees
Casualties and losses64 Germans killed; ~20 Whites killedat least 200 killed; ~30,000 captured
Commanders
  • Otto von Brandenstein
  • Hans Kalm
  • Nestor Linnanen
  • Teodor Huurre
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Battle of Lahti is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 121 in present-day Finland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q11874381, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Lahti, revision 1370446961, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.