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Finnish Civil War

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/January 27, 2018 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  07:38, 20 December 2017 (UTC)



The Finnish Civil War (27 January – 15 May 1918) was fought over leadership and control of Finland during the transition from a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire to an independent state. The war formed a part of the turmoil caused by World War I in Europe and was fought between the Reds, led by the Social Democratic Party, and the Whites, conducted by the non-socialist, conservative-based Senate. In February 1918, the Reds carried out an unsuccessful offensive, supplied with weapons by Soviet Russia. A counteroffensive by the Whites began in March, reinforced by the German Empire's military detachments in April. The decisive engagements were the Battles of Tampere and Vyborg, won by the Whites, and the Battles of Helsinki and Lahti, won by German troops, leading to overall victory of the Whites and the German forces. Political terror became a part of the warfare. In total, approximately 39,000 people perished in the conflict. The Finns passed from Russian governance to the German power sphere with a plan to establish a German-led Finnish monarchy, but after defeat of Germany in World War I, Finland emerged as an independent, democratic republic. The Finnish Civil War would divide the nation for decades to come.


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 * Main editors: Manelolo, Ldblsatin, Ilummeen~enwiki, Pudeo, Andonic
 * Promoted: November 24, 2006
 * Reasons for nomination: 100 year anniversary on January 27, 2018
 * Support as nominator. Manelolo (talk) 01:39, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Slowly doing a copyedit run of the whole article, ping me if you spot something awry. Manelolo (talk) 13:58, 15 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment from co-ordinator, just to make it clear that this request regards a rerun, which of course is now permissible Jimfbleak - talk to me?  13:30, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
 * My bad, first TFA nomination and didn't even notice that reruns are an exception, apologies. :) Manelolo (talk) 13:58, 15 December 2017 (UTC)