Battle of Lempäälä

Overview

The Battle of Lempäälä refers to a series of battles that took place within the areas of Lempäälä and neighboring Vesilahti during the 1918 Finnish Civil War.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Significance

The Battle of Lempäälä encompassed a series of engagements fought across the Lempäälä and neighboring Vesilahti areas during the Finnish Civil War of 1918. The Finnish Whites, despite fielding roughly half the troop strength of the Finnish Reds, committed approximately 2,500 troops against a Red force of around 5,000. Beyond this force disparity and the identity of key commanders on both sides, the available record does not detail the operational outcome or its specific effect on the broader civil war campaign.

Forces & casualties

Commanders (4)