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 | |||||||
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Part of the Finnish Civil War | |||||||
The Tammela neighborhood after the battle | |||||||
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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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