Part of the Finnish Civil War in the Russian Civil War
Ahvola 1918
Date
11 February – 25 April 1918 (2 months and 2 weeks)
Location
Antrea and Jääski, Finland
Result
Red withdrawal
Belligerents
Finnish Whites
Finnish Reds Russian Volunteers
Commanders and leaders
Herman Wärnhjelm Aarne Sihvo
A. Backman
Strength
1,500–2,000
2,000–4,000
Casualties and losses
300 killed
324 killed
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Finnish Civil War
Kämärä
Vilppula
Oulu
Ruovesi
Tornio
Antrea
Åland
Varkaus
Rautu
Tampere
Länkipohja
Lempäälä
Ahvenkoski
Helsinki
Hyvinkää
Lahti
Viipuri
Hämeenlinna
Syrjäntaka
Battle of Antrea was a Finnish Civil War battle, fought in Antrea and Jääski, Finland from 11 February to 25 April 1918 between the Finnish Whites and the Finnish Reds.
It was fought by the Viipuri–Joensuu railroad between Viipuri, the Red capital in Eastern Finland, and Antrea, an important railroad junction 30 kilometres north of Viipuri. The Reds targeted Antrea, but were stuck between the railway stations of Kavantsaari and Hannila and the nearby villages of Ahvola and Pullila. The most fierce battles were fought in Ahvola which was a highway crossing few kilometres west of the railroad. For the last nine weeks the warfare was mostly trench warfare. Therefore, the battles in Ahvola were called as the ″Verdun of Finland″, after the famous 1916 Battle of Verdun, although its size is not anything compared with the one of World War I. The battle ended in late April, as the Whites attacked Viipuri from further east and the Reds pulled back to defend the city.[1]
^Seitsonen, Oula; Kunnas, Liisa. "Ahvola 1918: Archaeological Reconnaissance of a Finnish Civil War Battlefield". Journal of Conflict Archaeology. 2009 (2): 58, 63–68. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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