Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War

The Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War consisted of a series of multi-national <a href="/facts/Military_expedition/dz9YH99n">military expeditions</a> that began in 1918. The initial impetus behind the interventions was to secure munitions and supply depots from falling into the <a href="/facts/German_Empire/lwQutJyN">German Empire</a>'s hands, particularly after the <a href="/facts/Bolsheviks/UAHzalnN">Bolsheviks</a> signed the <a href="/facts/Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk/M89HC5pP">Treaty of Brest-Litovsk</a>, and to rescue the Allied forces that had become trapped within Russia after the 1917 <a href="/facts/October_Revolution/5q9GlMv9">October Revolution</a>. After the <a href="/facts/Armistice_of_11_November_1918/xDvqSpuq">Armistice of 11 November 1918</a>, the Allied plan changed to helping the <a href="/facts/White_movement/lAGgYPBE">White</a> forces in the <a href="/facts/Russian_Civil_War/MLfkI67n">Russian Civil War</a>. After the Whites collapsed, the Allies withdrew their forces from Russia by 1925.
Allied troops landed in <a href="/facts/Arkhangelsk/27feTUm7">Arkhangelsk</a> (the <a href="/facts/North_Russia_intervention/K0hVkJCp">North Russia intervention</a> of 1918–1919) and in <a href="/facts/Vladivostok/NQQrTaMY">Vladivostok</a> (as part of the <a href="/facts/Siberian_intervention/7NePRPdA">Siberian intervention</a> of 1918–1922). The British also <a href="/facts/British_campaign_in_the_Baltic_(1918%E2%80%931919)/vK22EX30">intervened in the Baltic theatre</a> (1918–1919) and <a href="/facts/Dunsterforce/IG2eAJ70">in the Caucasus</a> (1917–1919). French-led Allied forces participated in the <a href="/facts/Southern_Russia_intervention/j97Mkk84">Southern Russia intervention</a> (1918–1919).
Allied efforts were hampered by divided objectives, and <a href="/facts/War-weariness/patQkc9I">war-weariness</a> following <a href="/facts/World_War_I/vITTUanQ">World War I</a>.[according to whom?] These factors, together with the evacuation of the Czechoslovak Legion in September 1920, led the western Allied powers to end the North Russia and Siberian interventions in 1920, though the <a href="/facts/Japanese_intervention_in_Siberia/W5XlAv5l">Japanese intervention in Siberia</a> continued until 1922 and the <a href="/facts/Empire_of_Japan/gMpNKg2W">Empire of Japan</a> continued to occupy the northern half [ru] of <a href="/facts/Sakhalin/oWSuMNl8">Sakhalin</a> until 1925.

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Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War