Battle of Tampere

The Battle of Tampere was a 1918 Finnish Civil War battle, fought in Tampere, Finland from 15 March to 6 April between the Whites and the Reds. It is the most famous and the heaviest of all the Finnish Civil War battles. Today it is particularly remembered for its bloody aftermath as the Whites executed hundreds of capitulated Reds and took 11,000 prisoners placed in the Kalevankangas camp.

Battle of Tampere
Part of the Finnish Civil War

The Tammela neighborhood after the battle
Date15 March – 6 April 1918
(3 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Tampere, Finland
Result Finnish White victory
Belligerents
Finnish Whites
Swedish Brigade
Finnish Reds
Commanders and leaders
C. G. E. Mannerheim
Hjalmar Frisell
Hugo Salmela 
Georgy Bulatsel 
Ali Aaltonen
Verner Lehtimäki
Strength
16,000
400 Swedish volunteers
14,000
Casualties and losses
820 killed 2,000 killed or executed
10,000–11,000 captured
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