American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia 1918-1920

This film is a U.S. Army Documentary about the story of the American Expeditionary Force in Siberia, Russia, from 1918 to 1920. The American Expeditionary Force Siberia (AEF Siberia) was a United States Army force that was involved in the Russian Civil War in Vladivostok, Russian Empire, during the end of World War 1 after the October Revolution, from 1918 to 1920. In the last year of the Great War (also known as the First World War), President Woodrow Wilson’s claimed objectives for sending troops to Siberia were as much diplomatic as they were military. One major reason was to rescue the 40,000 men of the Czechoslovak Legions, who were being held up by Bolshevik forces as they attempted to make their way along th
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