Battle of Tampere

The Tammela neighborhood after the battle

Date	March 8 - April 6, 1918
Location	Tampere, Finland
Result	Decisive White victory

Belligerents

White Guard

Red Guard

Commanders and leaders

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

Hugo Salmela †

Strength

16 000

14 000

Casualties and losses

900 killed
1,200 wounded
339 captured

2,000 killed
10,000 captured

The Battle of Tampere of the Finnish Civil War was fought in Finland in 1918 between Red and White forces. The White forces besieged and captured the main city of the Red Guards, Tampere, taking around 10,000 Red prisoners.

This was the largest military engagement in Nordic history to that point and Finland's first major urban battle. The battle was decisive, and soon afterwards the war was over. Even after the war, some Red Guard soldiers tried to make it to the Russian border, as they believed the alternative was to be captured and be placed in prison camps by the White Guards where conditions were thought to be inhumane.