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)
- The "kinship wars" (Heimosodat) fought by Finnish volunteers
- The Estonian War of Independence (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)
- The Continuation War (1941-1944)
- 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 Early Finnish wars.
