Battle of Tornio (1918)
Battle in the Finnish Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the 1918 Battle of Tornio during the Finnish Civil War. For the 1944 Battle of Tornio between Nazi Germany and Finland, see Battle of Tornio.
The Battle of Tornio refers to a battle within the Finnish Civil War, that took place in the City of Tornio.
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Battle of Tornio | |||||||
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Part of Finnish Civil War | |||||||
Fallen Swedish Soldiers in Tornio | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Finnish Whites Swedish Brigade |
Finnish Reds Russian Garrison | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Friedel Jacobsson † Kurt Wallenius Aarne Heikinheimo Tauno Juvonen † Mikko Kohonen | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
278 Whites 175 Swedish Volunteers |
Around 200 Reds Around 450 Russians | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
9 in total |
Around 40 Dead 360 Russian Prisoners 70-80 Red Prisoners 3 executed |
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