American North Russia Expeditionary Force

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/American_North_Russia_Expeditionary_Force
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring 1918
1919
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Polar_Bear_Expedition
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:Arkhangelsk,_Russia
gptkbp:commander Brigadier General Wilds P. Richardson
Brigadier General Edmund Ironside
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:Russian_Civil_War
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Arkhangelsk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label American North Russia Expeditionary Force
gptkbp:nickname Polar Bears
gptkbp:notableEvent fought Bolshevik Red Army
suffered casualties from combat and cold
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:339th_Infantry_Regiment
310th Engineers
337th Ambulance Company
337th Field Hospital
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Expeditionary_Forces
gptkbp:purpose support anti-Bolshevik forces
reopen Eastern Front
secure military supplies
gptkbp:size about 5,000 soldiers
gptkbp:withdrawn June 1919
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:339th_Infantry_Regiment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8