"The Day That The USA Invaded Russia And Fought..." Topic

… With The Red Army.

"The US Armed Forces and the Red Army, although great rivals, only once met in battle. Even though during the Cold War a number of conflicts were considered to be proxy wars between the two superpowers, it was during the Russian Civil War that the Soviets and Americans fought each other directly.

On March 3rd, 1918, the Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia signed a separate peace treaty with the Central Powers, in Brest-Litovsk, thus leaving the war and closing the Easter Front. Immediately, the Allies organized an expedition intended to regroup the Imperial Russian Army and subdue the Bolshevik revolution. Several contingents of Allied troops deployed to Russia.

The British regiment landed in Arkhangelsk, on the far northern tip of Russian coast on August 2nd, 1918, occupying the city and securing it as a base of operations for further actions. The city was of great importance, as it held many supplies sent by the Allies to support the last Russian offensive against the Germans in 1917. By the time the British troops arrived, the supplies had been seized by the Bolsheviks, who engaged the Allies in combat almost immediately upon their arrival…"
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There are two US Infantry Regiments that carry Battle Streamers from their service in Russia, but I bet I can find many US Officers that are ignorant of that fact.

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Amicalement
Armand

I was with the 31st, The Polar Bears, Major Mike !

In '84-'85 … not 1918 …

The 27th Inf Rgt was the other …

Yes, I think I've mentioned before that,when Krushchev said (during his US visit,IIRC) "We have never invaded you,but you have invaded us",nobody knew what he was talking about.

We visited the memorial here in Michigan this summer, shared a few pictures on the site.

The book "When Hell froze over" is well recommended.