Detachment Brandenstein was a unit commanded by German Baron

Otto von Brandenstein Otto Freiherr von Brandenstein (21 October 1865 – 8 May 1945) was a German officer. He joined the Prussian Army in 1885 and was promoted to oberstleutnant in 1913. During World War I, Brandenstein served in the Western Front as a staff officer u ...

. The 3,000 man unit which fought in the

Finnish Civil War The Finnish Civil War; . Other designations: Brethren War, Citizen War, Class War, Freedom War, Red Rebellion and Revolution, . According to 1,005 interviews done by the newspaper ''Aamulehti'', the most popular names were as follows: Civil W ...

by landing at Loviisa April 7, 1918. Its assigned mission was to cut the Reds' railway connections by attacking to the East, thus cutting the railway between

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and Viipuri. The major operation for Detachment Brandenstein was the Battle of Lahti in 19 April – 1 May. Later the unit was attached to the Baltic Sea Division.

References

*Arimo, Reino (1995): ''Saksalaisten sotilaallinen toiminta Suomessa 1918'' . * Military units and formations of Germany in World War I Finnish Civil War {{Germany-mil-unit-stub