Armies in North Russia and Siberia 1918-20

This absorbing study describes and illustrates the US, British, Japanese, French, Italian and Czechoslovak troops deployed to North Russia and Siberia at the height of the Russian Civil War. Between March 1918 and late 1920, a multinational force was deployed in the former Russian Empire''s Arctic Circle and in Eastern Siberia, becoming drawn into the Russian Civil War. American, British, Canadian, Czechoslovak, French and Japanese troops all took the field as the victorious Allied Powers sought to intervene in the unfolding struggle between the Bolsheviks and their opponents. In this book, Phoebus Athanassiou surveys the main operations conducted by the expeditionary force before covering the organization, weapons and equipment of each of the contingents involved. Eight plates of specially commissioned artwork reveal the appearance of these troops, many of them World War I veterans, as they lived and fought in the challenging environment of Northern Russia.

Product details

• Authors: Phoebus Athanassiou, Athanassiou Phoebus, Phoebus Athanassiou
• Assisted by: Adam Hook (Illustration), Adam Hook (Illustration), Hook Adam (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 18.06.2026
• EAN: 9781472873279
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-7327-9
• No. of pages: 48
• Series: Men-at-Arms; Men-At-Arms (Osprey)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Russia, European History, military history, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, c 1910 to c 1919, Weapons & equipment, Ordnance, weapons technology, Uniforms & insignia, Weapons and equipment, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Russia / General, HISTORY / Military / Uniforms, Military uniforms / insignia