Red Army offensive in Crimea

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The Red Army offensive in Crimea was a decisive Soviet military campaign in 1920 that crushed the last major White forces under General Wrangel and secured Bolshevik control over the Crimean Peninsula.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military campaign ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
belligerentStrength several Red Army armies ⓘ
combatant Red Army ⓘ
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
commandedBy Bela Kun ⓘ
Mikhail Frunze ⓘ
conflict Russian Civil War ⓘ
country Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
describedBySource Soviet military histories of the Russian Civil War ⓘ
memoirs of participants in the Russian Civil War ⓘ
endTime 1920-11 ⓘ
followedBy emigration of Wrangel’s army ⓘ
evacuation of White forces from Crimea ⓘ
hasPart Perekop–Chongar operation ⓘ
assault on Perekop Isthmus ⓘ
crossing of the Sivash ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Soviet era ⓘ
involves artillery units ⓘ
cavalry units ⓘ
infantry units ⓘ
naval support in evacuation operations ⓘ
languageOfSources English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ
location Crimea ⓘ
Crimean Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Crimea
militaryTheater Southern Front ⓘ
notableFor crossing of shallow Sivash lagoon under fire ⓘ
use of frontal assaults on fortified isthmuses ⓘ
opponent Russian Army of General Wrangel ⓘ
White movement ⓘ
opposedByCommander Pyotr Wrangel ⓘ
partOf Southern Front of the Russian Civil War ⓘ
final phase of the Russian Civil War ⓘ
pointInTime 1920 ⓘ
politicalConsequence consolidation of Bolshevik power in southern Russia ⓘ
elimination of last major White stronghold in European Russia ⓘ
precededBy White evacuation from Northern Tavria ⓘ
result Bolshevik control of Crimea ⓘ
decisive Red Army victory ⓘ
defeat of Wrangel’s forces ⓘ
end of major White resistance in European Russia ⓘ
startTime 1920-11 ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of the Crimean Peninsula ⓘ
destruction of Wrangel’s Russian Army ⓘ

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Wrangel government in Crimea → dissolvedAfter → Red Army offensive in Crimea ⓘ
4th Ukrainian Front → objective → liberation of Crimea ⓘ
linked to: Red Army offensive in Crimea
Soviet 56th Army → notableOperation → Crimean operations ⓘ
linked to: Red Army offensive in Crimea