Far Eastern Front in the Russian Civil War
Far Eastern Front in the Russian Civil War
Durning the Russian civil war there was some extreme fighting in the far eastern part of the former Russian Empire. The fighting in this front expanded from outer Mongolia,Through eastern siberia , and in the ussuri and amur districts of outer manchuria in Russia.
combatnts
The fighting forces in this region were the Red Army, Crimson cossacks, communist mongolian militias, and the Far Eastern Republic on the communist side. On the white side was local white army units,Pro white mongolian militias, mongolian government forces beiyang army unit from china. Also Allied intervenion forces arrived which inclueded 70,000 Imperial Janpaneses soldiers and 10.000 U.S Marines. Different Agendas
Durning the begining of the war Japaneses and U.S force invaded outer manchuria and eastern siberia. The Japanes Agenda
The Japanes dunring the Bolshivek revolution were already spreading influnce and gaining privleges in chineses manchuria outside there sphere of influnce in south east manchuria. The japanes were stunned that the Bolshivek revolution succeed into power. Why the Americans were interested in supporting Kolchak's white government, The japaneses were more into taking over Russian ports and costal territores which they did. In 1918 Japan occupied Vladivostok with the United States marines one of the most famouse pictures were taken when Japan took the Vladivostok eastern siberian railway station which showed a line of dead communist soldieres with japaneses soldieres pointing their bayonets at the dead bodies.
The Japaneses had plans of rapiad exspanion starting in Amur and ussiri river region all the way to lake baykal. In response to The russian set up of the far eastern republic, the Japanese backed the White state Povisional Priamur Government.
The American Agenda
The United states was interested in helping Admiral kolchak government in perm siberia who was in despretly in need of help.
Why Japan wanted to expand it's control of the far east[ They already controlled Korea, Manchuria, and shantung province of china]. The United states wanted to press the Reds out of Siberia and allow the White Movement to take western russia back and deafeat the Bolshiviks. Also a big fatcor was the United States government feared that communism would throught the U.S if te reds won the civil war this lead to the red scare in America.
Communist/Bolshviek Response
The Bolshviek Agenda in the fareast was just like all it's agendas on the other fronts retake or hold on to territory of the former Russian Empire. The Russian Soviet Federated socialist Republic [ the R.S.F.S.R for short], Mission was to stop the Allied advance into siberia due to fighting in wetenrn, eastern, southern, Northern,Cuacuas,and central asian front's. The Soviets set up the Far Eastern Republic a buffer state to hold of the White and allied armies.
Mongolia
The war expanded into mongolia as white armies in the far east reatreated. While others retreated to japan or china some tried to hold on to Mongolia which was a czarist puppet state . As the war dragged on mongolians were forced to take sides some joined Reds by either by entering their armies or forming militia's to help the reds fight the Whites. The same can be said about the Mongolians who whent with the whites except that the were part of the puppet governmet forces or militia's. Both sides used terror tactics to force the population into line with them. The communnist burned buddist temples and killed shaman's and white supporters and symphitheizer's.
Aftermath The aftermath of the civil war was the Whites whent into exile around the world. The Americans left Siberia and the Russian far east in 1920 with the rest of it's allies. While japan would keep it holding even after the Whites were defeated. Due to the closenes of communist territory to japanes and japanes held territories japand would not withdraw intill october 1922. With the war over the Soviet Government in Russia got to keep all of Russia's Pre war territories in the far east. future clash of over the border in the region would continue into the next decade with japan invadaing twice in 1938 and 39, will russia would clash with the republic china in 1929. During the end of world war 2 The U.S.S.R with Mongolia invedaded Manchuria northern China, Inner Mongolia, and Northern Korea. After WW2 the Soviets let chinese communist forces use occupied manchuria to invade the Republic of China.
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