North Russia Intervention and Finns

[Karelia]

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/Juha
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Yeah...Soviet propaganda. Isn't it funny that finns had been also enlisted for the british army in Kola peninsula to fight white russians in 1914 or about that time ?

Actually that was 1918-19.

http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muurmannin_legioona
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Russia_Intervention
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viena_expedition

[Topspeed]

Right and were they also fighting for the white russia against reds ?

[Fliegende Untertasse]

Not exactly. They were nominally fighting for Entente against Germans and their White Finnish and Bolshevik allies.
Only real combat operation they took part were an unauthorized attack to Mäntyniemi border guard station at Paanajärvi 1.25.1919 and brief occupation of Paanajärvi village.