American Expeditionary Force Siberia

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The American Expeditionary Force Siberia was a U.S. military contingent deployed to eastern Russia during World War I and the Russian Civil War, primarily to protect Allied interests, support anti-Bolshevik forces, and secure supply routes along the Trans-Siberian Railway.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army formation ⓘ
military expedition ⓘ
alliedWith British forces in Siberia ⓘ
Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ
French forces in Siberia ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
alsoKnownAs AEF Siberia ⓘ
American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia ⓘ
approximateStrength 8000–9000 soldiers ⓘ
areaOfOperations Trans-Siberian Railway corridor ⓘ
baseOfOperations Vladivostok ⓘ
commander William S. Graves ⓘ
component engineer units ⓘ
infantry units ⓘ
logistical support units ⓘ
medical units ⓘ
conflict Russian Civil War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
deploymentDecisionBy Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
endTime 1920 ⓘ
garrisonLocation Vladivostok ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of early U.S. military intervention in Russian affairs ⓘ
part of Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
notableOperationType guarding supply depots ⓘ
limited combat patrols ⓘ
railway security ⓘ
opposedTo Bolshevik forces ⓘ
Red Army units in Siberia ⓘ
linked to: Red Army units
partOf United States Army ⓘ
politicalConstraint orders to avoid deep involvement in Russian internal politics ⓘ
restrictions on direct support to White Russian forces ⓘ
primaryObjective protect Allied interests in eastern Russia ⓘ
secure supply routes along the Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ
support anti-Bolshevik forces ⓘ
rankOfCommander Major General ⓘ
reasonForDeployment assist Czechoslovak Legion along the Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ
counter influence of Bolshevik forces in Siberia ⓘ
protect large stockpiles of Allied military supplies at Vladivostok ⓘ
relatedEvent Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War ⓘ
Czechoslovak Legion revolt along the Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ
startTime 1918 ⓘ
stationedIn Siberian ports and railway towns ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Russian Far East ⓘ
linked to: Russia Far East

Siberia ⓘ
withdrawalReason end of World War I hostilities in Europe ⓘ
uncertainty over Allied policy toward Russia ⓘ
waning domestic support in the United States ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siberian intervention in the Russian Civil War → hasPart → American Expeditionary Force Siberia ⓘ
American Expeditionary Force Siberia → alsoKnownAs → AEF Siberia ⓘ
linked to: American Expeditionary Force Siberia
American Expeditionary Force Siberia → alsoKnownAs → American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia ⓘ
linked to: American Expeditionary Force Siberia
British forces in Siberia → alliedWith → United States forces in Siberia ⓘ
linked to: American Expeditionary Force Siberia