April 5, 2024
AEF Polar Bear in Russia Headquarter Archangelsk Russian Civil War 1918-19
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Please find for auction RARE old press photo shows American Expeditionary Forces in North Russian (port of Archangelsk) in 1918-1919. I obtained this photo couple years ago as part of small collection that relate to the American Expeditionary Force in Russia. Size is 5 by 7 inches (aprx 12.5 x 18 centimeters). Great photo and a must have for researchers or collectors of the US/Allied involvement in Russia during Russian Civil War. Pretty rare and hard to find. (*)The Polar Bear Expedition (also known as the Northern Russian Expedition, the American North Russia Expeditionary Force - ANREF or the American Expeditionary Force North Russia - AEFNR) was a contingent of about 5,000 U.S. troops that landed in Arkhangelsk, Russia as part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War and fought the Red Army in the surrounding region during the period of September 1918 through July 1919.The Polar Bear Expedition was sent to Russia by the U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in response to requests from the governments of Great Britain and France to join the Allied Intervention in North Russia (also known as the North Russia Campaign). On July 14, 1918, the U.S. Army's 85th Division left their training camp at Camp Custer, Michigan for the Western Front in France. Three days later, President Wilson agreed to a limited participation by American
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