Perekop–Chongar offensive (1920)

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The Perekop–Chongar offensive (1920) was a decisive Red Army operation during the Russian Civil War in which Bolshevik forces broke through White defenses to seize control of Crimea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Russian Civil War
military offensive
aim destroy Wrangel's Crimean grouping
alsoKnownAs Perekop–Chongar operation
belligerent Armed Forces of South Russia remnants
Russian SFSR Red Army
linked to: Red Army

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR

Russian White movement
linked to: White movement
category Battles involving Russia
Battles of the Russian Civil War
linked to: Russian Civil War

History of Crimea
combatType combined arms offensive
commander Mikhail Frunze
Pyotr Wrangel
conflict Russian Civil War
consequence Soviet control over Black Sea access points of Crimea
mass emigration of White supporters from Crimea
country Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR
date 1920
defensiveLineAssaulted Perekop fortifications
linked to: Perekop

Turkish Wall at Perekop
followedBy Soviet consolidation of power in Crimea
front Southern Front (Red Army)
includedAction crossing of the Sivash by Red forces
involves 51st Rifle Division
Cavalry units of the Red Army
location Chongar Peninsula
Crimea
Perekop Isthmus
linked to: Isthmus of Perekop
militaryBranch Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
linked to: Red Army
opponent Red Army
White Army
partOf Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
precededBy Crimean campaign of 1920
redForcesLeader Commander Mikhail Frunze
linked to: Mikhail Frunze
result Bolshevik capture of Crimea
decisive Red Army victory
evacuation of White forces from Crimea
significance decisive defeat of the last major White forces in European Russia
marked near-end of large-scale fighting in the Russian Civil War in the south
strategicObjective break through White defenses to seize control of Crimea
theater Crimean Peninsula
linked to: Crimea

Southern Russia
linked to: southern Russia
timePeriod October–November 1920
whiteForcesLeader General Pyotr Wrangel
linked to: Pyotr Wrangel
year 1920 in Russia

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Isthmus of Perekop hasHistoricalEvent Perekop–Chongar offensive (1920)
Perekop hasHistoricalEvent Perekop–Chongar offensive (1920)