Simbirsk Operation: Difference between revisions

|combatant2= [[File:Flag of Russia.svg|22px]] [[People's Army of Komuch]]<br/>[[File:Flag of Bohemia.svg|22px]] [[Czechoslovak Legions|CzechoslovaksLegion]]

|strength1= about 83008,300

|strength2= about 1150011,500

The '''Simbirsk Operation''' was the [[Bolshevik]] [[Red Army]]'s offensive against [[Vladimir Kappel]]'s [[White movement|anti-Bolshevik]] [[People's Army of Komuch]] and [[Czechoslovak Legion]]. The attack came at [[Simbirsk]], on the [[Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War]], in September 1918.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1918Russiav02/d487|title=Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Russia, Volume II - Office of the Historian|website=history.state.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/sep/22.htm|title=Telegram To The Penza Gubernia Executive Committee And The Revolutionary War Council Of The First Army|website=www.marxists.org}}</ref> The Bolsheviks re-took the city, forcing Kappel's retreat to [[Ufa]], where his force was absorbed by the [[Siberian Army]].

On 18 September, Kappel's Detachment returned from Kazan ([[Kazan Operation|captured by Reds on 9 September]]) and counterattacked. Reds had to return on the right bank. During 18-2418–24 September, Kappel tried to recapture Simbirsk, but his attacks were repulsed by Reds. After coming the 5th Army and Volga Fleet Red Forces crossed the Volga again, and crushed Kappel's Detachment on 28 September.

* Н.Е.Какурин, И.И.Вацетис "Гражданская война. 1918-1921" ([[Nikolai Kakurin|N.E.Kakurin]], [[Jukums Vācietis|I.I.Vacietis]] "Civil War. 1918-1921") - Sankt-Peterburg, "Polygon" Publishing House, 2002. {{ISBN|5-89173-150-9}}

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