Russian Civil War (jan 1, 1918 – jan 1, 1925)

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Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War consisted of a series of multi-national military expeditions which began in 1918. The stated goals were to help the Czechoslovak Legion, to secure supplies of munitions and armaments in Russian ports, and to re-establish the Eastern Front. At times, the Czechoslovak Legion controlled the entire Trans-Siberian railway and several major cities in Siberia. Overthrow of the new Bolshevik regime and stopping the threat of Communism in Europe were long-term goals.

After the Bolshevik government gave Eastern Europe to Germany and withdrew from World War I, the Allied Powers openly backed the anti-communist White forces in Russia. Allied efforts were hampered by divided objectives, war-weariness from the overall global conflict, and a lack of domestic support. These factors, together with the evacuation of the Czechoslovak Legion, compelled the Allied powers to end the North Russia and Siberian interventions in 1920, though the Japanese intervention in Siberia continued until 1922 and the Empire of Japan continued to occupy the northern half of Sakhalin until 1925.

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