Battle of Tampere

Battle of Tampere
Part of the Finnish Civil War
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.