The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Defence_Forces" id="mwyA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Finnish Defence Forces">Finnish Defence Forces</a> (The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Guard_(Finland)" id="mwyQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="White Guard (Finland)">White Guards</a>) are established as the official army of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland" id="mwyg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Finland">independent Finland</a>, and Baron <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim" id="mwyw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim">C. G. E. Mannerheim</a> is appointed its Commander-in-Chief.<sup about="#mwt80" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"}}' id="cite_ref-14" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_25#cite_note-14" id="mwzA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwzQ">[14]</span></a></sup>
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