Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I riro i te Paremete o Finland te mana tōrangapū pono mo te wa tuatahi i muri i te Huringa o Hui-tanguru (Whakaaturanga Tuatahi) o te tau 1917 i Russia. I whakapuakina e Finland tōna mana motuhake i te 6 o Tihema 1917, ā, i te hotoke me te puna o te tau 1918 i whakamanahia e ia tētahi pakanga nui ki te whenua.
i te pakanga ā-iwi i hinga ai ngā ope o te Rōpū o te Rōpū, e mōhiotia ana ko te White Guard, i te Socialist Red Guard.