Red Guards (Finland)
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During the Civil War in Finland, 1918, the Red Guards were the socialist and communist rebels of Finland who were defeated by the anti-Socialist White Guards and (Imperial) German forces, who feared the Russian Revolution was spread to Finland by the Reds' rebellion.
The leader of the Red Guards was Kullervo Manner.
''See also Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic
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