Military operation

Malleson mission

16 Jul 1918 – 5 Apr 1919 · 37.95° N, 58.38° E

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When
16 Jul 1918 – 5 Apr 1919
Kind
Military operation
Coordinates
37.95° N, 58.38° E
Description
1918–19 military action by British forces in Transcaspia

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Malleson mission

1918–19 Russian Civil War military action

The Malleson mission or British intervention in Transcaspia was a military action by a small autonomous force of British Indian troops, led by General Wilfrid Malleson, operating against Bolshevik forces over large distances in Transcaspia between August 1918 and April 1919, in the context of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.

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