The Allied Intervention at Archangel and Murmansk in 1918

The Allied Intervention at Archangel and Murmansk in 1918

In 1918 the United States entered the Russian Civil War on the side of the so-called “Whites,” anti-Bolshevik counterrevolutionaries. This essay explores the decision to intervene at Murmansk and then Archangel, the U.S. Navy’s role in the operations, and the ultimate...

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