The
Whites ( ) was the name used to refer the refugee government and forces under
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's first senate during the
Finnish civil war. The forces were initially formed by the paramilitary
White Guard and other recruitees and draftees. Separatist-minded from Russia, the
Jägers had left to Germany between 1914 and 1917 for military training and returned at eve of the civil war, many already as
First World War veterans.