Part of the Finnish Civil War in the Russian Civil War and Eastern Front of World War I
Rautu railway station on fire
Date
21 February – 5 April 1918 (1 month, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Rautu, Finland
Result
Decisive White victory
Belligerents
Finnish Whites
Finnish Reds Soviet Russia
Commanders and leaders
Aarne Sihvo Ernst Löfström Lennart Oesch
M. V. Prigorovski † Oskar Rantala Arvid Leinonen Heikki Kaljunen
Strength
2,000
2.700 Russians 850 Finnish Reds
Casualties and losses
270 killed
860–1,200 killed in action or executed
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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 Rautu was a 1918 Finnish Civil War battle, fought in Rautu, Finland (now Sosnovo, Leningrad Oblast, Russia) from 21 February to 5 April 1918 between the Finnish Whites and the Finnish Reds supported by the Russian Bolsheviks.
The battle was fought by the Rautu railway station, taken by the Reds in late February and soon sieged by the Whites. After weeks of trench warfare, the Whites launched their decisive attack and finally smashed the Red defense on 5 April. The last two days of the Rautu battle were one of the most fierce of all the Finnish Civil War battles. The battle is known as the massacre in the "Death Valley", where more than 400 fleeing Reds were killed by machine gunfire.[1]
Unlike any other Finnish Civil War battle, the number of Russian Bolshevik troops was remarkable. The Russian interest is explained by Rautu's location only 60 kilometers north of Saint Petersburg. The Bolsheviks were concerned that the Finnish Whites and their ally Germany would launch an attack against the city along the Rautu railway. The Whites, in turn, were protecting their front on the western side of the Karelian Isthmus.[1]
^ abTikka, Marko (2014). "Warfare and Terror in 1918". The Finnish Civil War 1918: History, Memory, Legacy. Leiden–Boston: Brill Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 978-900-42436-6-8.
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