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'''The Battle of Ahvenkoski''' was fought during the [[Finnish Civil War]] on April 10 - May 5 in 1918 at [[Ahvenkoski]], [[Finland]] between the [[German Empire]] and the [[Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic]] also known as [[Red Finland]].<ref name="leivo">{{cite web|url=http://www.sshs.fi/binary/file/-/id/17/fid/352/|title=Kyminlinnan taistelu 8.4.1918|author=Leivo, Teemu|publisher=Finnish Military History Society|date=27 August 2011|accessdate=1 September 2017|language=fi}}</ref> The battle was mostly [[trench warfare]] with both parties settled inat their positions by the [[Kymijoki]] river.<ref name="vainio2008">{{cite book|last=Vainio|first=Seppo|date=2008|title=Saksalaiset Suomen sisällissodassa 1918|location=Vantaa|publisher=Seppo Vainio|pages=108|isbn=978-952-92425-5-9}}</ref> [[Ahvenkoski]] and the surrounding [[Kymenlaakso]] region were the last strongholds of the [[Red Finland|Reds]]. The battle finally ended when the last remaining [[Red Guards (Finland)|Red Guards]] surrendered to the German troops on May 5. The [[Red Finland|Reds]] had lost the war.<ref name="hautamaki1997">{{cite web | url=http://www15.uta.fi/yky/arkisto/suomi80/v18v19.htm | title=Sodan lopputulos ratkeaa | publisher=University of Tampere | date=1997 | accessdate=31 August 2017 | author=Hautamäki, Kirsi | language=fi}}</ref>