battle, First World War

Battle of Vilppula

Battle of Vilppula was a battle fought on 18 March 1918 at Vilppula, in what is now Finland. It was part of the Tavastia Front. The recorded result: White victory; Red retreat. Recorded strength: 900–1,050 against 1,500–2,300.

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1918 Finnish Civil War: White Guard soldiers in Vilppula covering behind stacks of cellulose. The image is staged and taken after the war.. Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date	18 March 1918
Place	Vilppula, Finland 62.012N, 24.486E
Part of	Tavastia Front
Kind	Battle, First World War
Result	White victory; Red retreat
Belligerents	Finnish Whites	Finnish Reds
Commanders	Martin Wetzer; Carl Nordensvan; Martin Ekström	Erkki Karjalainen; Verner Lehtimäki; Mikko Kokko
Strength	900–1,050	1,500–2,300
Casualties and losses	60	125

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Ruovesi 1918, 24 km
Battle of Länkipohja 1918, 35 km
Battle of Tampere 1918, 69 km
Battle of Pälkäne 1713, 76 km
Battle of Alavus 1808, 78 km

In the same war

Before: Battle of Länkipohja 16 March 1918
After: Battle of Ruovesi 19 March 1918
All 4 engagements of Tavastia Front

Elsewhere in 1918

Battle of Vilppula is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 76 in present-day Finland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q10681754, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Vilppula, revision 1370592587, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.