List of wars involving Finland

This is a list of wars started and, for the most part, concluded by independent Finland between 1917 and 1945:

Name	Victorious civil war belligerents	Defeated civil war belligerents	Years	Outcome
Civil War	White Guard Germany	Red Guard Soviet-Russia	1918	White victory
Name	Finland and its allies	Finland's opponent	Years	Outcome
Kinship Wars	Finnish volunteers Karelians Estonia	Soviet-Russia	1918–1920 and 1921–1922	Indecisive
Estonian War of Independence (Part of Kinship Wars)	Estonia Finnish volunteers	Soviet-Russia	1918–1920	Victory
Mäntsälä rebellion	Finnish Government	Lapua movement	1932	Government victory
Winter War	Finland	Soviet Union	1939-1940	Moscow Peace Treaty, Finland cedes territory but retains independence.
Continuation War	Finland Germany	Soviet Union	1941-1944	Moscow Armistice, Finland cedes territory but retains independence.
Lapland War	Finland	Germany	1944-1945	Victory. German forces ejected from Finnish territory.
War in Afghanistan	ISAF	Taliban	2003-	Ongoing

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 history of Finland
• List of Finnish treaties
• Early Finnish wars
• History of Finland
• List of Swedish wars