Chp6.3Civil War- Foreign Interventions Flashcards
When was the armistice agreed between Germany and Russia which ceased fighting on the Eastern Front?
December 1917
When was the Treaty of Brest-Litvosk ?
March 1918
What was the result of the Treaty of Brest-Litvosk in relation to foreign intervention?
Any help from Britain went to anti-Bolshevik forces
after the signing of Brest-Litvosk which ports did British, American and French troops occupy ?
- The ports of Murmansk in the Arctic
- Archangel in the White Sea
How long did a large number of countries occupy key areas of European, central and far-eastern Russia?
2 years
Why were foreign countries angered by the Bolshevik takeover?
- nationalised foreign companies
- froze all foreign assets in Russia
- declared they had no intention of honouring foreign debts of its predecessors
What had David Lloyd George declare about the Bolsheviks before the Treaty of Brest-Litvosk?
that he was neither for nor against Bolsheviks, only antiGerman
Which 2 foreign leaders were intent in leading a full offensive against the Bolsheviks after WW1 ended in November 1918?
British cabinet minister Winston Churchill,
Marshal Foch, the French military leader
What was the Comintern which foreign powers were afraid of?
Short for the communist international, a body set up in Moscow in March 1919 to organise worldwide revolution
Which foreign power took lead in proposing an international campaign against the Reds?
the French
What 2 places did British land forces land in 1918?
Transcaucasia in southern Russia and occupied part of central Asia
Where did British warships enter?
British warships entered Russian Baltic waters and the Black Sea
Who met British warships which entered Russian Baltic waters and the Black sea?
French navel vessels joined them
Where did the French establish a major land base?
around the Black Sea port of Odessa
Where was the Black Sea port which the French established a major land base?
Odessa
In April 1918 where did Japanese troops occupy?
Russia’s far eastern port of Vladivostok
When did Japanese troops occupy Russia’s far eastern port of Vladivostok?
April 1918
What was the name of the port Japanese troops occupied in Russia’s far eastern port?
Vladivostok
How long after the Japanese occupied Russia’s far eastern port of Vladivostok did France, Britain, The USA and Italy join them?
4 months later
Which 5 forces crossed into Russia other than France, Britain, USA and Italy?
Czech, Finnish, Lithuanian, Polish and Romanian forces
What parts of Russia did Japanese and United States troops occupy in 1919?
parts of Siberia
When did Japanese and American troops occupy parts of Siberia?
1919
What was the aims of
- British, Ameican, French, Japanese and Italian troops
- Czechoslovakia, Finland, Lithuania, Poland and Romania?
1) Protect individual interests in foreign debts, international communism
2) Gaining independence from Russia
Why had foreign interventionists have no stomach for a prolonged campaign?
Due to their 4 long years of struggle against Germany