Finnish Civil War order of battle

This is the order of battle of the Finnish Civil War.

Finnish Reds
- Red Guards
  - Helsinki Red Guard^[1]
  - Jyry's Company^[2]
  - Lahti Regiment^[3]
  - Sahalahti Red Guard^[4]
  - Finnish Civil War Women's Guards^[5]
    - Tampere Women's Guard ^[6]
    - Valkeakoski Women's Guard
  - Vyborg Red Guard
    - Vyborg Signaling Company^[7]

Finnish Whites
- Civil Guard
  - Eastern Army^[8]
    - 1st Jaeger Brigade^[8]
      - 1st Jaeger Regiment^[8]
        1st Jaeger Battalion^[8]
        
        2nd Jaeger Battalion^[8]
        
        3rd Jaeger Battalion^[8]
      - 2nd Jaeger Regiment^[8]
        4th Jaeger Battalion ^[8]
        
        6th Jaeger Battalion ^[8]
        
        12th Jaeger Battalion ^[8]
    - 2nd Jaeger Brigade^[8]
      - 3rd Jaeger Regiment^[8]
        5th Jaeger Battalion ^[8]
        
        7th Jaeger Battalion ^[8]
        
        10th Jaeger Battalion ^[8]
      - 4th Jaeger Regiment ^[8]
        8th Jaeger Battalion ^[8]
        
        9th Jaeger Battalion ^[8]
        
        11th Jaeger Battalion ^[8]
    - 3rd Jaeger Brigade ^[8]
      - 5th Jaeger Regiment ^[8]
        13th Jaeger Battalion ^[8]
        
        14th Jaeger Battalion ^[8]
        
        15th Jaeger Battalion ^[8]
      - 6th Jaeger Regiment ^[8]
        16th Jaeger Battalion ^[8]
        
        17th Jaeger Battalion ^[8]
        
        18th Jaeger Battalion ^[8]
    - Jaeger Artillery Brigade ^[8]
      - 1st Jaeger Battery ^[8]
      - 2nd Jaeger Battery ^[8]
      - 3rd Jaeger Battery ^[8]
    - Karelian Army Corps ^[8]
      - 1st Karelian Regiment ^[8]
        1st Battalion ^[8]
        
        2nd Battalion ^[8]
        
        3rd Battalion ^[8]
      - 2nd Karelian Regiment ^[8]
        4th Battalion ^[8]
        
        5th Battalion ^[8]
        
        6th Battalion ^[8]
        
        10th Battalion ^[8]
        
        11th Battalion ^[8]
        
        1st Machine Gun Division ^[8]
        
        2nd Machine Gun Division ^[8]
      - 3rd Karelian Regiment ^[8]
        7th Battalion ^[8]
        
        8th Battalion ^[8]
        
        9th Battalion ^[8]
    - Pohjois Häme Regiment ^[8]
      - 1st Battalion ^[8]
      - 2nd Battalion ^[8]
      - 3rd Battalion ^[8]
    - Vaasa Regiment ^[8]
      - 1st Battalion ^[8]
      - 2nd Battalion ^[8]
      - 3rd Battalion ^[8]
    - Pohjois Savo Regiment ^[8]
      - 1st Battalion ^[9]
      - 2nd Battalion ^[8]
      - 3rd Battalion ^[8]
    - Karelian Cavalry Jaeger Regiment ^[8]
  - Western Army ^[8]
    - Linder's group ^[8]
      - 8th Pori Regiment ^[8]
      - 4th North Ostrobothnia Regiment ^[8]
        1st Battalion ^[8]
        
        2nd Battalion ^[8]
        
        3rd Battalion ^[8]
    - Varsinais-Suomen Regiment ^[8]
      - 1st Battalion ^[8]
      - 2nd Battalion ^[8]
      - Salo Region Free Corps ^[8]
    - Hjalmarson's group ^[8]^[10]
      - 1st Grenadier Regiment ^[8]
        Grenadier Battalion of Vaasa ^[8]
        
        Kristiina Grenadier Battalion ^[8]
        
        Oulu Grenadier Battalion ^[8]
      - 2nd Grenadier Regiment ^[8]
        Jyväskylä Battalion ^[8]
        
        Savo's Battalion ^[8]
        
        Seinäjoki Battalion ^[8]
      - Tarragon Regiment of Uusimaa ^[8]
    - Bergström's group ^[8]
      - 5. Southern Ostrobothnia Regiment ^[8]
        1st South Ostrobothnia Reserve Battalion ^[8]
        
        2nd South Ostrobothnia Reserve Battalion ^[8]
        
        3rd South Ostrobothnia Reserve Battalion ^[8]
      - 1st Battalion of the North Häme Regiment ^[8]
    - Western Army Reserve ^[8]
    - Häme stage battalion ^[8]
    - Reinforcement Battalion of the North Savo Regiment ^[8]
    - Reinforcement Battalion of the Etelä Savo Regiment ^[8]
    - Savo Stage Battalion ^[8]
  - Helsinki White Guard^[11]
  - Uudenmaa Dragoon Regiment^[12]
    - Uudenmaa Dragoon Squadron^[12]
    - Uudenmaa Machinegun Squadron^[12]
  - West Uusimaa Battalion^[13]
- Swedish Brigade
- Archipelago Free Corps^[14]
- Salla's regiment
- Estonian volunteers
- Polish Legion

German Empire
- Imperial German Army
  - Jäger Movement
    - 27th Jäger Battalion
  - Detachment Brandenstein
- Imperial German Navy
  - Baltic Sea Division
    - 95. Reserve Infantry Brigade
    - 2. Guards Cavalry Brigade

List of orders of battle

[1]
Hoppu, Tuomas (2010). Helsinki in the First World War. War casualties 1917–1918. Helsinki. ISBN 978-951-24008-6-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
[2]
Hentilä, Seppo (2014). Bewegung, Kultur und Alltag im Arbeitersport : Liike, kulttuuri ja arki työläisurheilussa. Helsinki: Työväen historian ja perinteen tutkimuksen seura. ISBN 978-952-59762-6-7.
[3]
Kääpä, Rudolf. Orimattila book IV. ISBN 951-99442-6-5.
[4]
Elkelä, Kari (1997). Elkelä torppa ja suku.
[5]
Lindstedt, Risto. ""Susinartut": Naiset punakaartissa 1918". Suomen Kuvalehti.
[6]
"Tampereen naiskaartit: Hurjia raivopäitä, vai vallankumouksen pelastajia?". Iltalehti.
[7]
Katainen, Elina (2005). Life in the archive. Kansan's archive 60 years. Helsinki. ISBN 952-91890-2-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
[8]
Biography of Finnish Jaegers. Vaasa: Department of Military Science. 1975. ISBN 951-99046-8-9.
[9]
Jaakko Paavolainen (1967). Poliittiset väkivaltaisuudet Suomessa 1918 II "Valkoinen terrori". Helsinki: Kustannusyhtiö Tammi. p. 238.
[10]
Hjalmarson, Harald (1919). My war memories from Finland: from a Swedish volunteer's diary entries from the campaign 1918 (1-2 editions ed.). Stockholm: Åhlén & Åkerlund. 348.
[11]
"Events of the Civil War 2: The Battle of Tampere and the end of the war". Pala Suomen Historiaa. 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
[12]
"FORMATIONS (TO&E), PART 1, Finnish Civil War 1918". jaegerplatoon.net.
[13]
Tukkinen, Tauno (1999). Teloittajien edessä : ihmiskohtaloita Karjalohjalla, Sammatissa, Nummella, Pusulassa, Nurmijärvellä, Vihdissä ja Inkoossa 1918. Karjalohja: tekijä. ISBN 978-951-98363-0-0.
[14]
Metsävuori, Eka (2005). Saaristomerta, salaliittoja, kähmintää ja seikkailuja. Turku: TS-Yhtymä Oy. ISBN 951-9129-61-8.

[Hoppu-1] [1]
Hoppu, Tuomas (2010). Helsinki in the First World War. War casualties 1917–1918. Helsinki. ISBN 978-951-24008-6-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[hentilä-2] [2]
Hentilä, Seppo (2014). Bewegung, Kultur und Alltag im Arbeitersport : Liike, kulttuuri ja arki työläisurheilussa. Helsinki: Työväen historian ja perinteen tutkimuksen seura. ISBN 978-952-59762-6-7.

[Kääpä-3] [3]
Kääpä, Rudolf. Orimattila book IV. ISBN 951-99442-6-5.

[4] [4]
Elkelä, Kari (1997). Elkelä torppa ja suku.

[Lindstedt-5] [5]
Lindstedt, Risto. ""Susinartut": Naiset punakaartissa 1918". Suomen Kuvalehti.

[iltalehti-6] [6]
"Tampereen naiskaartit: Hurjia raivopäitä, vai vallankumouksen pelastajia?". Iltalehti.

[7] [7]
Katainen, Elina (2005). Life in the archive. Kansan's archive 60 years. Helsinki. ISBN 952-91890-2-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[DMS-8] [8]
Biography of Finnish Jaegers. Vaasa: Department of Military Science. 1975. ISBN 951-99046-8-9.

[9] [9]
Jaakko Paavolainen (1967). Poliittiset väkivaltaisuudet Suomessa 1918 II "Valkoinen terrori". Helsinki: Kustannusyhtiö Tammi. p. 238.

[Hjalmarson-10] [10]
Hjalmarson, Harald (1919). My war memories from Finland: from a Swedish volunteer's diary entries from the campaign 1918 (1-2 editions ed.). Stockholm: Åhlén & Åkerlund. 348.

[pala-11] [11]
"Events of the Civil War 2: The Battle of Tampere and the end of the war". Pala Suomen Historiaa. 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2016.

[JPPART1-12] [12]
"FORMATIONS (TO&E), PART 1, Finnish Civil War 1918". jaegerplatoon.net.

[Tukkinen-13] [13]
Tukkinen, Tauno (1999). Teloittajien edessä : ihmiskohtaloita Karjalohjalla, Sammatissa, Nummella, Pusulassa, Nurmijärvellä, Vihdissä ja Inkoossa 1918. Karjalohja: tekijä. ISBN 978-951-98363-0-0.

[Metsävuori-14] [14]
Metsävuori, Eka (2005). Saaristomerta, salaliittoja, kähmintää ja seikkailuja. Turku: TS-Yhtymä Oy. ISBN 951-9129-61-8.

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Finnish reds and allies

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See also

References