This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Finland. The combat in Finland from 1939 through 1945 is considered part of the Second World War.
Conflict | Party 1 | Party 2 | Result | Finnish leaders | Finnish losses (dead or missing) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Head of State | Chief of Defence | |||||
Finnish Civil War (1918) |
White Guard Germany Sweden |
Red Guards Russian SFSR |
Government Victory
|
~30,000
[1]
(Reds and Whites) | ||
Heimosodat (1918–1922) |
White Guard Estonia East Karelia North Ingria |
Russian SFSR Murmansk Legion |
Treaty of Tartu | ~550
| ||
Winter War (1939–1940) Part of the Second World War |
Finland | Soviet Union | Moscow Peace Treaty | 25,904
[2]
| ||
Continuation War (1941–1944) Part of the Second World War |
Finland Germany |
Soviet Union | Defeat [3] | 63,204
[4]
| ||
Lapland War (1944–1945) Part of the Second World War |
Finland | Germany | Victory
|
1,036
[5]
| ||
War in Afghanistan (2009–2021) |
Afghanistan |
Taliban | Defeat
|
2
[6]
| ||
War in Iraq (2014–2017) |
Iraq CJTF–OIR |
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | Victory
|
None
|
This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Finland. The combat in Finland from 1939 through 1945 is considered part of the Second World War.
Conflict | Party 1 | Party 2 | Result | Finnish leaders | Finnish losses (dead or missing) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Head of State | Chief of Defence | |||||
Finnish Civil War (1918) |
White Guard Germany Sweden |
Red Guards Russian SFSR |
Government Victory
|
~30,000
[1]
(Reds and Whites) | ||
Heimosodat (1918–1922) |
White Guard Estonia East Karelia North Ingria |
Russian SFSR Murmansk Legion |
Treaty of Tartu | ~550
| ||
Winter War (1939–1940) Part of the Second World War |
Finland | Soviet Union | Moscow Peace Treaty | 25,904
[2]
| ||
Continuation War (1941–1944) Part of the Second World War |
Finland Germany |
Soviet Union | Defeat [3] | 63,204
[4]
| ||
Lapland War (1944–1945) Part of the Second World War |
Finland | Germany | Victory
|
1,036
[5]
| ||
War in Afghanistan (2009–2021) |
Afghanistan |
Taliban | Defeat
|
2
[6]
| ||
War in Iraq (2014–2017) |
Iraq CJTF–OIR |
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | Victory
|
None
|