List of wars involving Finland

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Finland. The combat in Finland from 1939 through 1945 is considered part of the Second World War.

This article is about wars involving independent Finland. For wars during the Russian rule (1809–1917), see list of wars involving Russia. For wars during the Swedish rule (1249–1809), see list of wars involving Sweden. For wars prior to Swedish rule, see early Finnish wars.

List
Conflict Party 1 Party 2 Result Finnish leaders Finnish losses
(dead or missing)
Head of State Chief of Defence
Finnish Civil War
(1918)		 White Guard
 Germany		 Red Guard
 Russian SFSR		 Government Victory
  • Uprising suppressed
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
C. G. E. Mannerheim
~30,000[1]
(Reds and Whites)
Heimosodat
(1918–1922)		 White Guard
 Estonia
East Karelia
North Ingria		  Russian SFSR
Murmansk Legion		 Treaty of Tartu
K. J. Ståhlberg
Karl Fredrik Wilkama
~550
Winter War
(1939–1940)
Part of the Second World War		  Finland  Soviet Union Moscow Peace Treaty
Kyösti Kallio
C. G. E. Mannerheim
25,904[2]
Continuation War
(1941–1944)
Part of the Second World War		  Finland
 Germany		  Soviet Union Defeat [3]
Risto Ryti
63,204[4]
Lapland War
(1944–1945)
Part of the Second World War		  Finland  Germany Victory
  • German retreat from Finnish territory
C. G. E. Mannerheim
1,036[5]
War in Afghanistan
(2009–2021)		  Afghanistan
 Taliban Defeat
  • Taliban retakes Afghanistan
Tarja Halonen
Sauli Niinistö
Juhani Kaskeala
Ari Puheloinen
Jarmo Lindberg
2[6]
War in Iraq
(2014–2017)		  Iraq
CJTF–OIR		 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Victory
  • Iraqi and allied victory against ISIL
Sauli Niinistö
Jarmo Lindberg
None

See also

References

Citations
  1. National Archive
  2. Finnish detailed death casualties: Dead, buried 16,766; Wounded, died of wounds 3,089; Dead, not buried, later declared as dead 3,503; Missing, declared as dead 1,712; Died as a prisoner of war 20; Other reasons (diseases, accidents, suicides) 677; Unknown 137.
  3. Mouritzen, Hans (1997). External Danger and Democracy: Old Nordic Lessons and New European Challenges. Dartmouth. p. 35. ISBN 1-85521-885-2.
  4. Finnish detailed death casualties: Dead, buried 33,565; Wounded, died of wounds 12,820; Dead, not buried later declared as dead 4,251; Missing, declared as dead 3,552; Died as prisoners of war 473; Other reasons (diseases, accidents, suicides) 7,932; Unknown 611
  5. Ahto 1980, p. 296.
  6. "OEF: Afghanistan: Fatalities By Year". icasualties.org. 9 September 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2013.

Bibliography
  • Ahto, Sampo (1980). Aseveljet vastakkain – Lapin sota 1944–1945 [Brothers in Arms Opposing Each Other – Lapland War 1944–1945] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kirjayhtymä. ISBN 978-951-26-1726-5.
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