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Murmansk Legion , also known as the Finnish Legion , was a British Royal Navy organized military unit during the 1918 -- 1919 Allied North Russia Intervention .. British Royal Navy. British Royal Navy. Allied. Allies of World War I. North Russia Intervention. North Russia Intervention. Finnish. Finland. Murmansk. Murmansk. It was composed of Finnish Red Guards who had fled after the Finnish Civil War from the White dominated Northern Finland to Soviet Russia and of some Finns working on the Murmansk Railroad .. Finnish. Finland. Red Guards. Red Guards ( Finland ). Finnish Civil War. Finnish Civil War. Soviet Russia. Soviet Russia. Murmansk Railroad. Murmansk Railroad. Murmansk. Murmansk. The Legion fought the 1918 Viena expedition of Finnish White Guards and defended the Murmansk Railroad along with British troops .. Finnish. Finland. Murmansk Railroad. Murmansk Railroad. Viena expedition. Viena expedition. White Guards. White Guard ( Finland ). Murmansk. Murmansk. Finnish White Guards had started their military campaign in March 1918 .. Finnish. Finland. White Guards. White Guard ( Finland ). The goal was to annex White Karelia from Bolshevist Russia .. White Karelia. White Karelia. Bolshevist Russia. Bolshevist Russia. British Royal Marines had invaded Murmansk at the same time to prevent the Germans and their Finnish White Guard allies from gaining the White Sea coast and the Murmansk Railroad .. Finnish. Finland. Murmansk Railroad. Murmansk Railroad. British Royal Marines. British Royal Marines. Murmansk. Murmansk. Germans. German Empire. White Sea. White Sea. Murmansk Legion was armed with British equipment and wore British uniforms .. Murmansk. Murmansk. The Legion was led by Oskari Tokoi and Verner Lehtimaki who were both promoted as Colonel by the British Navy .. Oskari Tokoi. Oskari Tokoi. Verner Lehtimaki. Verner Lehtimaki. Colonel. Colonel ( United Kingdom ). Strength of the Legion peaked in February 1919 and was about 1,200 men .. Murmansk Legion was first approved by Lenin but he later condemned it , as did the communists left behind in Finland , since the British were on the side of the White movement although Finns refused to fight the Bolsheviks .. Murmansk. Murmansk. Lenin. Lenin. White movement. White movement. Murmansk Legion was disbanded in 1919 as the British troops withdraw .. Murmansk. Murmansk. Finnish government regarded them as traitors but United Kingdom and United States made their recognition of Finnish independence conditional , the legionnaires had to be either pardoned or allowed to exile themselves to Canada .. Finnish. Finland. United Kingdom. United Kingdom. United States. United States. Finnish independence. Finnish independence. Canada. Canada. In the autumn of 1919 most of the Murmansk Legion fighters returned to Finland but some 20 highest-ranked officers like Tokoi , Lehtimaki and Aarne Orjatsalo fled to North America .. Murmansk. Murmansk. Aarne Orjatsalo. Aarne Orjatsalo. Some legionnaires joined later the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War and few of the youngest even fought in the Finnish Army during the World War II .. Finnish. Finland. International Brigades. International Brigades. Spanish Civil War. Spanish Civil War. Finnish Army. Finnish Army. World War II. World War II