Whites (Finland)

The Whites Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's number one senate who opposed a "Reds", or the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic, during the Finnish civil war 1918.

Background

The Whites had no realize political aims in common, other than stopping the communist revolutionary Reds from taking power and returning to constitutional rule by the Senate the government of the Grand Duchy of Finland which was formed by the non-socialist parties of the Eduskunta parliament together with returning to the Rule of Law. The provisional head of state of White Finland was Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, chairman of the senate at the time, & its military was commanded by Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.

The refugee government was supported by the remnants of the Finnish Legion stationed along the eastern front. This emerged as the paramilitary ] separatist-minded from Russia. The Jägers had left to Germany between 1914 and 1917 for military training and remanded at eve of the civil war, many already as First World War veterans. They also received military assistance from the German Empire.