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Lahti Ski Museum

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Lahti Ski Museum
Lahti Ski Museum
Lahti Ski Museum
Lahti Ski Museum
Lahti Ski Museum
Lahti Ski Museum
Lahti Ski Museum
Lahti Ski Museum
Lahti Ski Museum
Lahti Ski Museum
Lahti Ski Museum
Lahti Ski Museum
Lahti Ski Museum
Lahti Ski Museum
Lahti Ski Museum
Phone:
+358 50 3985523

Address:
Salpausselaenkatu 8 | Sports Center, Lahti 15110, Finland

Battle of Lahti was a 1918 Finnish Civil War battle, fought from 19 April to 1 May between the German troops and Finnish Whites against the Finnish Reds in Lahti, Finland. Together with the Battle of Vyborg, from 24 to 29 April, it was the last major battle of the war. The German unit Detachment Brandenstein, commanded by the colonel Otto von Brandenstein, attacked Lahti on 19 April, taking the town by the next evening. At the same time, a column of tens of thousands of Red refugees was approaching Lahti from the west. On 22 April, the Reds launched a counterattack in order to break through the German lines and clear way for the fleeing people. The attempt failed and the Reds finally surrendered on 1 May. As a result, the Whites and Germans captured about 30,000 Reds and their family members who were placed to a concentration camp in the outskirts of Lahti.
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