All-female units of the paramilitary Red Guards served in the 1918 Finnish Civil War. The first Women's Guards units formed in early February in the main Finnish cities. More than 15 female Guards uni
Helena Aalto (b. 1898) and Elli Vuokko (b. 1890) of the Turku Women's Guard, both executed in May 1918
The Pyhtää Women's Guard, which fought the Germans in the Kyminlinna Fort
The Women's Guard from Vihti, one of the few formed in the countryside, was composed of local maids.
Captured Red women in Lahti. Most were executed soon after this photograph was taken.
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The Red Guards were the paramilitary units of the labour movement in Finland during the early 1900s. The Red Guards formed the army of Red Finland and were one of the main belligerents of the Finnish
Red Guards and Russians fighting on the red side in Ruovesi, Pirkanmaa, Finland in 1918
Arrested Reds are taken in custody after the 1906 Sveaborg rebellion.
Worker's Militia in the Turku suburb of Maaria during the general strike of May 1917.
A demonstration in Turku in March 1917.