Battle of Viipuri

Battle of Viipuri
Part of the Finnish Civil War

Captured Reds in Viipuri.
Date24–29 April 1918
(5 days)
Location
Result White victory
Belligerents
Finnish Whites Finnish Reds
Commanders and leaders
Ernst Löfström
K. F. Wilkman
Aarne Sihvo
Eduard Ausfeld
Ulrich von Coler
Oskar Rantala 
Edvard Gylling
Kullervo Manner
Mikhail Svechnikov
Strength
18,500 5,000 in combat units
Casualties and losses
c. 400 killed c. 500 killed in action
c. 800 executed
11,350 captured
Patterinmäki Fort after the battle.

The Battle of Viipuri was a 1918 Finnish Civil War battle, fought 24–29 April between the Finnish Whites and the Finnish Reds in Viipuri. Together with the Battle of Tampere and Battle of Helsinki, it was one of the three major urban battles of the Finnish Civil War. The battle is also remembered because of its bloody aftermath, as the Whites executed up to 400 non-aligned military personnel and civilians of Russian and associated ethnicities.[1]

  1. ^ Westerlund, Lars (2004). "Me odotimme teitä vapauttajina ja te toitte kuolemaa – Viipurin valloituksen yhteydessä teloitetut venäläiset". Venäläissurmat Suomessa 1914–22: Osa 2.2. Sotatapahtumat 1918–22. Prime Minister's Office of Finland. ISBN 952-5354-45-8.