| Battle of Ahvenkoski | |||||||||
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| Part of the Finnish Civil War and Eastern Front in World War I | |||||||||
 The fixed Rajasilta ("border bridge") after the battle | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 German Empire Finnish Whites |
 Red Finland | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Otto von Brandenstein |
Oskar Vinte  | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 800 | 800–900 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| at least 13 killed | at least 13 killed | ||||||||
The Battle of Ahvenkoski was fought during the Finnish Civil War between 10 April and 5 May 1918 at Ahvenkoski (Swedish: Abborfors; lit. 'perch rapids'), Finland between the German Empire and the Red Guards (Finnish: punakaartit) of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic, more commonly known as Red Finland.[1] For most of the battle both sides occupied trenches along the Kymi river.[2] Ahvenkoski and the surrounding Kymi valley region were the last strongholds of the Reds. The battle ended with the surrender of the last of the Red Guards on 5 May, which ended the war with White Finland and Germany defeating Red Finland.[3]
- ^ Leivo, Teemu (27 August 2011). "Kyminlinnan taistelu 8.4.1918" (in Finnish). Finnish Military History Society. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ Vainio, Seppo (2008). Saksalaiset Suomen sisällissodassa 1918. Vantaa: Seppo Vainio. p. 108. ISBN 978-952-92425-5-9.
- ^ Hautamäki, Kirsi (1997). "Sodan lopputulos ratkeaa" (in Finnish). University of Tampere. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.