Protection Corps (Finland)

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Group of soldiers of the Seitskär Protection Corps in 1917.

The Schutzkorps (Swedish Skyddskåren , Finnish Suojeluskunta ) was an armed paramilitary unit in Finland , which formed the national guard and rump force of the White Army in Finland since January 15, 1918 . At the request of the Soviet Union , the Finnish Protection Corps was banned as a fascist organization at the Paris Peace Conference in 1946 .


Strength

Late 1917 30,000 men
At the beginning of the Finnish civil war 35,000-40,000 men
At the end of the Finnish civil war 70,000 men
1920 100,000 men

See also

Individual evidence

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