Simbirsk Operation: Difference between revisions

|partof=the [[Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War]]

|date=September 9 to 28, 1918

|result= Red's[[Bolshevik]] Victoryvictory

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

|commander1=[[File:Flag RSFSR 1918.svg|22px]] [[Mikhail Tukhachevsky]]<br/> [[File:Flag RSFSR 1918.svg|22px]] [[Pēteris Slavens]]

|strength1= about 83008,300

|strength2= about 1150011,500

After [[Capturing Kazan by White Army|the White Army captured Kazan]] the frontline was not good for the [[White Movement|Whites]]:. nearNear the [[Kazan]] 2 - 2.5 thousand men had to hold the 100–120 km of front against about 10 thousand men in two armies (2nd and 5th) of Reds. But Whites tried to continue offensive toattack the railway bridge across the [[Volga River]] near [[Sviyazhsk]]. To support this advance [[Stanislav Čeček]] sent the [[Vladimir Kappel]]'s detachment from the [[Simbirsk]] to Kazan. On 27 August, 27, Kappel landed on the right bank of Volga near Sviyazhsk and tried to attack the positions of Reds, but was crushed by the counterattack of [[Latvian Riflemen]].

== The battleBattle ==

UsingExploiting the temporal weakness of White's Simbirsk Group, 1st Army of Reds (commanderled -by [[Mikhail Tukhachevsky]]) on September, 9, beganSeptember theattack offensive intowards Simbirsk direction. On 11 September, 11, White's forces were pushed to the bank of Volga, and on 12 September, 12, Simbirsk was captured by the attack from three sides. During the night of 14 September, 14, Simbirsk Division of 1st Army crossed the Volga River and began to advance on the east.

On 18 September, 18, Kappel's Detachment returned from Kazan ([[Kazan Operation|captured by Reds on 9 September, 9]]) and counterattacked. Reds had to return on the right bank of Volga. During 18–24 September, 18-24, 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 the Kappel's Detachment on 28 September, 28.

After lossinglosing Kazan and Simbirsk the White Forces were demoralized. On 13 September, 13, they left [[Volsk]], and began to quickly retreat from the advancing 1st and 5th Armies of Reds. Simbirsk Group of Whites began its retreat on September, 29 September. CapturingThe capture of Kazan and Simbirsk were converted by Red's command into the strategic breakthrough ofacross the whole front.

For the capturingcapture of Simbirsk the Simbirsk Division of Reds received the honour title "Iron".

* 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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