User:Mikrobølgeovn/List of wars involving Finland
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Finnish leaders | Finnish losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head of State | Chief of Defence | |||||
| Finnish Civil War (1918) |
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 Red Guard Russian SFSR
|
White Senate victory
|
(Reds and Whites) | ||
| Winter War (1939–1940) |
 Finland
|
 Soviet Union
|
Defeat[2] (but survival as an independent state) | |||
| Continuation War (1941–1944) |
Finland Germany
|
Soviet Union
|
Defeat[4] (but survival as an independent state) | |||
| Lapland War (1944–1945) |
Finland
|
Germany
|
Victory
|
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| War in Afghanistan (2009–2021) |
 Afghanistan |
 Taliban
|
Defeat
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References[edit]
List
- ^ National Archive
- ^ Wasserstein, Bernard (2007). Barbarism and Civilization: A History of Europe in our Time. Oxford University Press. p. 125. ISBN 9780191622519.
- ^ Finnish detailed death casualties: Dead, buried 16,766; Wounded, died of wounds 3,089; Dead, not buried, later declared as dead 3,503; Missing, declared as dead 1,712; Died as a prisoner of war 20; Other reasons (diseases, accidents, suicides) 677; Unknown 137.
- ^ Mouritzen, Hans (1997). External Danger and Democracy: Old Nordic Lessons and New European Challenges. Dartmouth. p. 35. ISBN 1-85521-885-2.
- ^ Finnish detailed death casualties: Dead, buried 33,565; Wounded, died of wounds 12,820; Dead, not buried later declared as dead 4,251; Missing, declared as dead 3,552; Died as prisoners of war 473; Other reasons (diseases, accidents, suicides) 7,932; Unknown 611
- ^ Ahto 1980, p. 296.
- ^ "OEF: Afghanistan: Fatalities By Year". icasualties.org. 9 September 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2013.