Battle of Ahvenkoski

Battle of Ahvenkoski
	Part of the Finnish Civil War and Eastern Front in World War I
	; The fixed Rajasilta ("border bridge") after the battle
Date	10 April – 5 May 1918; (3 weeks and 4 days)
Location	Ahvenkoski, Finland
Result	Decisive German-White victory Surrender of Red Finland; End of the Finnish Civil War;
Belligerents
German Empire; Finnish Whites	Red Finland
Commanders and leaders
Otto von Brandenstein	Oskar Vinte
Strength
800	800–900
Casualties and losses
at least 13 killed	at least 13 killed

The Battle of Ahvenkoski was fought during the Finnish Civil War between 10 April and 5 May 1918 at Ahvenkoski (Swedish: Abborfors; lit. 'perch rapids'), Finland between the German Empire and the Red Guards (Finnish: punakaartit) of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic, more commonly known as Red Finland.^[1] For most of the battle both sides occupied trenches along the Kymi river.^[2] Ahvenkoski and the surrounding Kymi valley region were the last strongholds of the Reds. The battle ended with the surrender of the last of the Red Guards on 5 May, which ended the war with White Finland and Germany defeating Red Finland.^[3]

^ Leivo, Teemu (27 August 2011). "Kyminlinnan taistelu 8.4.1918" (in Finnish). Finnish Military History Society. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ Vainio, Seppo (2008). Saksalaiset Suomen sisällissodassa 1918. Vantaa: Seppo Vainio. p. 108. ISBN 978-952-92425-5-9.
^ Hautamäki, Kirsi (1997). "Sodan lopputulos ratkeaa" (in Finnish). University of Tampere. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[leivo-1] Leivo, Teemu (27 August 2011). "Kyminlinnan taistelu 8.4.1918" (in Finnish). Finnish Military History Society. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

[vainio2008-2] Vainio, Seppo (2008). Saksalaiset Suomen sisällissodassa 1918. Vantaa: Seppo Vainio. p. 108. ISBN 978-952-92425-5-9.

[hautamaki1997-3] Hautamäki, Kirsi (1997). "Sodan lopputulos ratkeaa" (in Finnish). University of Tampere. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

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