Battle of Viipuri

Battle of Viipuri
Part of the Finnish Civil War
Captured Reds in Viipuri.
Date 24–29 April 1918 (5 days) Location Viipuri, Finland 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

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]