List of Finnish wars

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This is a list of wars fought by independent Finland between 1917 and 1945:

• The Civil War (1918)
• Heimosodat by Finnish volunteers
  • The Estonian Liberation War (1918-1920)
  • The Viena expedition (1918)
  • The Petsamo expedition (1918 and 1920)
  • The Aunus expedition (1919)
  • The Rising of East Karelians (1921-1922)
• Treaty of Tartu (1920)
• The Winter War (1939-1940)
  • Moscow Peace Treaty (1940)
• The Continuation War (1941-1944)
  • Interim Moscow Peace Treaty (1944)
  • Paris Peace Treaty (1947)
• The Lapland War (1944-1945)

For the wars during the Russian rule (1809-1917), see French invasion of Russia (1812), November Uprising (war in Poland in 1830), Russo–Turkish War (several), Russo-Japanese War (1904-5) and World War I (1914-1917). For the list of wars during the Swedish rule (1249-1809), see List of Swedish wars.

For information on conflicts related to Finland prior to Swedish rule, see Prehistoric Finnish wars.

[edit] See also

• Military history of Finland
• List of Finnish treaties
• History of Finland
• List of Swedish wars