White Guard (Finland)

The White Guards is one translation of the Finnish term Suojeluskunta (plural: Suojeluskunnat, Finland-Swedish: Skyddskår) that has received many different translations to English, for instance: Security Guard, Civil Guard, National Guard, White Militia, Defence Corps, Protection Guard, Protection Corps and Protection Militia.

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Finnish - Plural - Finland-Swedish - English

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These White Guards constituted the bulk of the victorious White Army during the Civil War in Finland (1918), and also the main forces of the Lapua Movement's failed coup d'état, the Mäntsälä Rebellion (1932).

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Civil War in Finland - 1918 - Lapua Movement - Coup d'état - Mäntsälä Rebellion - 1932

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Similar paramilitary militias existed in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, i.e. in lands like Finland being under Russian sovereignty until the end of World War I. These militias didn't cease to exist until World War II, partly evolving towards Home Guards. The phenomenon should be distinguished from the Freikorps established in Germany after her defeat in the first world war, although some similarities exist.

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Paramilitary - Militia - Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania - Land - Finland - Russia - Sovereignty - World War I - World War II - Home Guard - Freikorps - Germany

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The following text intends only to cover the situation in Finland.

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