How could Heimosodat be more successful?

Heimosodat was a Finnish "war" to either help the local populace gain independence or assert Finnish authority over land that was inhabited by other Baltic Finnish people. The Estonian war of Independence was the only success out of six expeditions (Here is a link that gives more info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimosodat)
Could any of the other expeditions have been successful? How long could these new nations (or annexed land) exist for?
 
You'd have to get Finland fully and officially involved to the Russian Civil War, like Poland did. And for that you need Mannerheim as President - and that is impossible after the bloody events of 1918, at least as long as the Entente powers demand free and fair presidential elections.

If Mannerheim is president, he is dead-set on using the Finnish Army for an anti-Bolshevik attack against Petrograd. If succesfull, this could theoretically lead to border chances in Eastern Karelia west of the Murmansk railway - or to a situation where Finland experiences a brief period of independence before being re-annexed to Russia (White or Red) like Ukraine.
 
You'd have to get Finland fully and officially involved to the Russian Civil War, like Poland did.
Could Finland have been able to stand on her own so to speak like the Poles? Would the Entente have allowed the Finns get involved like that? The British Murmansk legion aided the Red guards during the Viena expedition.

If Mannerheim is president, he is dead-set on using the Finnish Army for an anti-Bolshevik attack against Petrograd. If successful, this could theoretically lead to border chances in Eastern Karelia west of the Murmansk railway
Would it be gains along the entire western end of the railway or only in the north near Petsamo? Does the Kola Peninsula have enough value for Mannerheim to be convinced to attack their instead of Petrograd?
My knowledge on this period of time isn't very good so that's why I'm asking the questions,
 

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Could Finland have been able to stand on her own so to speak like the Poles? Would the Entente have allowed the Finns get involved like that? The British Murmansk legion aided the Red guards during the Viena expedition.


Would it be gains along the entire western end of the railway or only in the north near Petsamo? Does the Kola Peninsula have enough value for Mannerheim to be convinced to attack their instead of Petrograd?
My knowledge on this period of time isn't very good so that's why I'm asking the questions,

Mannerheim was dead set on attacking Petrograd. Dealing a hard blow to the Bolsheviks was more important for him than securing national interests those days.
 
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