Battle of Helsinki

The Battle of Helsinki was a 1918 Finnish Civil War battle, fought on 12–13 April by the German troops and Finnish Whites against the Finnish Reds in Helsinki, Finland. Together with the battles of Tampere and Vyborg, it was one of the three major urban battles of the Finnish Civil War. The Germans invaded Helsinki despite the opposition of Finnish White Army leader Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim who wanted to attack the capital city with his own troops after Tampere had fallen on 6 April. However, the Germans had their own interest in taking Helsinki as quickly as possible and then moving further east towards the Russian border. The city had been under Red control for 11 weeks since the beginning of the war.

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1918 Battle of Helsinki

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1713 Battle of Helsinki

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1808 Siege of Sveaborg

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1855 Battle of Suomenlinna

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1906 Sveaborg Rebellion

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1918 Battle of Tikkurila

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1941 — 1944 bombing of Helsinki in Continuation War

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		bombing of Helsinki in Winter War	aerial bombing of a city	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1713	Battle of Helsinki	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1808	Siege of Sveaborg	siege, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1855	Battle of Suomenlinna	Second French Empire, battle, Russian Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1906	Sveaborg Rebellion	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Battle of Tikkurila	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Battle of Helsinki	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1941	bombing of Helsinki in Continuation War	aerial bombing of a city	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Königin Luise	motor ship	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1997	Patria	business, enterprise, arms industry	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1951	Valmet	enterprise, shipyard, shipbuilding, business, metal industry	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	1952	Rauma-Repola	wood industry, metal industry, shipbuilding, business, enterprise	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Kuivasaari	artillery battery, island	Wikidata
site	bunker		24 warehouse shelters	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Alexander Battery	battery, barracks, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Battery 1	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		warehouse shelters	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1897	Suomenlinna B 26a	architectural structure, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1900	cavern luola, 1900 (5)	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1937	protective structure, originally a casemate for a kerosene engine, 1937	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1978	Ruoholahti air-raid shelter	Alko, air-raid shelter, tunnel	Wikidata
site	bunker	1993	Itäkeskus swimming hall	underground structure, swimming center, bunker	Wikidata
site	fort		Crownwork Ehrensvärd	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Isosaari Fortress	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Krepost Sveaborg	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort	1747	Ulricasborg	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1748	Suomenlinna	Ehrensvärd Society, fortress island, sea fort, fortress	Wikidata
site	fort	1753	Bastion, caponier and cavalier Hamilton	star fort	Wikidata
site	museum	1929	Military Museum of Finland	specialised museum in Finland, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1936	Vesikko	preserved watercraft, museum ship, submarine	Wikidata
site	museum	1967	Anti-Aircraft Museum	specialised museum in Finland, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Lotta Museum	specialised museum in Finland, military museum, museum	Wikidata
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commons	image		Siltasaari White Flag 1918		Commons
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commons	image		M012 HK10000 2632		Commons
commons	image		M012 HK10000 6249		Commons
commons	image		Helsingin valtaus 1918. (hkm.HKMS000005-0000014h)		Commons
commons	image		Saving the enemy		Commons
commons	image		Helsingin valtaus 1918. - N251793 (hkm.HKMS000005-00000ufh)		Commons