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948 matches to Finnish War of Independence
Finnish War of Independence. 1918. Anti-communists defeat Bolsheviks with German aid.
Aho, Juhani. 1861-1921. Finnish novelist.
Åland Islands. Swedish- 1809 Russian. 1917 Finland. 1920 autonomous/Finnish.
Anjala League. 1788-89. Swedish, Finnish officers conspire vs Gustav III to end Russo-Swedish War.
February Manifesto. 1899-1905. Override of Finnish Constitution. Rule by Czar’s Edict. Russification 1890-1905.
Kalevala. Finnish national epic poem compiled by Lönnrot, 1835.
Lapua. 1929-32. Finnish-Estonian Fascist movement. Failed putsch, 1932.
Lönrott, Elias. 1802-84. Finnish. Compiled folk verses to create Kalevala 1835,49.
Mannerheim, Carl. 1867-1951. Finnish president. 1944-6. Led fight vs Bolsheviks 1918-21, army 1939-44.
Mannerheim Line. Eastern Finnish fortification. Crossed by Russians 1940.
Paasikivi, Juho. 1870-1956. Finnish Prime Minister 1918~46. President 46-56. Appeasement policy to USSR.
Runeberg, Johan. 1804-77. Finnish epic poet. National anthem adapted from his poem Vårtland.
Russo-Finnish War. 1939-40. Russia gains territorial concessions.
Saarinen, Eero. 1910-61. Finnish/US experimental architect. St. Louis Gateway Arch 1948-65.
Saarinen, Eliel. 1873-1950. Finnish/US modern architect, teacher. Palace of League of Nations (Geneva) 1927.
Sibelius, Jan. 1865-1957. Finnish composer. Finlandia. Symphonies and tone poems evoke feeling of North. Kulervo Symphony 1892.
Snellman, Johan. 1806-81. Finnish nationalist. Established national language.
Sprengtporten, G.M. 1740-1819. Finnish colonel. Finland to join Russian Empire.
Aarau Treaty. 1712. Ended Swiss War.
Abel, Frederick. 1827-1902. English inventor of military explosive cordite with Dewar, 1889.
Abyssinia-Italy War. 1894-6. Ended Italian colonialism.
Abyssinian War. 1935-6. Italy invades Ethiopia. League of Nations ineffective.
Achilles. Greek hero of Trojan Wars, invulnerable except for his heel, subject of Homer’s Iliad.
Achinese War. 1873-1904. Dutch defeat Moslems in Sumatra.
Adenauer, Konrad. 1876-1967. First chancellor of German Federal Republic., 1949-63. Stabilized postwar Germany.