List of wars involving Finland

This is a list of wars involving independent Finland. This list only includes conflicts where Finnish forces took part in actual combat, thus excluding peacekeeping operations.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Finnish losses
Finnish Civil War (1918)	White Guard Germany	Red Guard Soviet-Russia	White victory German hegemony until 11 November 1918.	~30,000
Winter War (1939–1940)	Finland	Soviet Union	Defeat Moscow Peace Treaty.[1]	25,904
Continuation War (1941–1944)	Finland Germany	Soviet Union	Defeat Moscow Armistice, Lapland War	63,204
Lapland War (1944–1945)	Finland	Germany	Victory German retreat from Finnish territory.	1,036

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 (1904–05) and World War I (1914–17). 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.

See also

• Military of the Grand Duchy of Finland
• Military history of Finland
• List of Finnish treaties
• Early Finnish wars
• History of Finland
• List of Swedish wars
• Finland Guard Regiment

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