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Baltic Sea Division

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The Baltic Sea Division (German: Ostsee-Division) was a 10,000 man German military unit commanded by Rüdiger von der Goltz. During the Finnish Civil War it landed to Hanko and moved towards Helsinki and Lahti.

The division was requested by the Finnish conservatist senate to help the Whites.

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