Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 27 ga Janairu, 1918, hotunan budewa na
yakin basasa da aka kaddamar a cikin abubuwa biyu a lokaci guda: a gefe guda gwamnatin ta fara kwance makaman sojojin Rasha a Pohjanmaa, kuma a gefe guda, juyin mulkin da Jam'iyyar Social Democratic Party ta kaddamar. Na biyun sun sami iko da kudancin Finland da Helsinki, amma gwamnatin White ta ci gaba da gudun hijira daga Vaasa. Wannan ya jawo yaƙin basasa na ɗan lokaci amma mai zafi. Fararen fata, waɗanda ke da goyan bayan Jamusanci na Imperial, sun yi nasara a kan Reds, waɗanda Kullervo Manner ke jagoranta don yin sabuwar ƙasa mai zaman kanta a Jamhuriyar Socialist Workers ta Finland (wanda aka fi sani da "Red Finland") da kuma wani ɓangare na RSFSR. Bayan yaƙin, dubun dubatan Reds da waɗanda ake zargi da tausayawa an tsare su a sansanoni, inda aka kashe dubbai ko kuma suka mutu daga rashin abinci mai gina jiki da cuta. An shuka babban ƙiyayya ta zamantakewa da siyasa tsakanin Reds da Whites kuma zai ci gaba har zuwa Yakin Winter da bayan. Ko a zamanin yau, yakin basasa ya kasance batun da ya dace. Yaƙin basasa da yaƙe-yaƙe na masu fafutuka na 1918<unk>1920 da ake kira "Kinship Wars" a cikin Soviet Rasha sun rikitar da alaƙar Gabas. A wannan lokacin, ra'ayin Babban Finland ya bayyana a karon farko.