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On 18 November 1918 he was proclaimed the Supreme Ruler of Russia, who also assumed the supreme command of all the land and naval forces of Russia. He made a substantial reorganization of the forces of the White movement and carried out its integration into a single Russian Army on 23 September 1918.
Why was the U.S. Army seemingly so unprepared to fight against a guerrilla style insurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan? Were no lessons learned from Vietnam and other previous conflicts?
The White Army—aided by the Allied forces (Triple Entente) from countries such as Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Greece, Italy and the United States and (sometimes) the Central Powers forces such as Germany and Austria-Hungary —fought in Siberia, Ukraine, and in Crimea.
Soldiers in Admiral Kolchak’s White army in Siberia, circa 1919. Broadly speaking, the White armies (also known as White Guards or simply Whites) were military forces that participated in the Russian Civil War. The White armies fought against the Bolshevik Red Army for control of Russia.
World War One had ended in 1918, resulting in a lack of commitment to Russia. With the threat of Germany gone, Britain, France and the USA did not feel the need to supply Russia. After World...
After a series of engagements, assisted by an Insurgent Army offensive against White supply lines, the Red Army defeated Denikin's and Yudenich's armies in October and November. The third period of the war was the extended siege of the last White forces in the Crimea in 1920.
When they were successful on the battlefield, the Allied powers (Britain, France, and the United States) provided critical military assistance, but as the Whites began to lose, the aid disappeared, consigning the Whites to their fate.
