Full Description
This absorbing study describes and illustrates the US, British, Japanese, French, Italian and Czechoslovak troops deployed to North Russia and Siberia at the height of the Russian Civil War.
Between March 1918 and late 1920, a multinational force was deployed in the former Russian Empire's Arctic Circle and in Eastern Siberia, becoming drawn into the Russian Civil War. American, British, Canadian, Czechoslovak, French and Japanese troops all took the field as the victorious Allied Powers sought to intervene in the unfolding struggle between the Bolsheviks and their opponents.
In this book, Phoebus Athanassiou surveys the main operations conducted by the expeditionary forces before covering the organization, weapons and equipment of each of the contingents involved. Eight plates of specially commissioned artwork reveal the appearance of these troops, many of them World War I veterans, as they lived and fought in the challenging environment of North Russia and Siberia.
Contents
Historical context
Chronology
Outline of main operations: The North Russian theatre - The Siberian theatre
British and Canadian forces: Composition and organization - Uniforms, weapons and equipment
US forces: Composition and organization - Uniforms, weapons and equipment
Japanese forces: Composition and organization - Uniforms, weapons and equipment
Other Allied forces: French - Italian - Czechoslovak
Russian forces: Whites - Bolsheviks
Conclusion
Further reading
Plate commentaries
Index
