Gone to Russia to Fight: The RAF in South Russia 1918-1920

by John T. Smith

The Russian civil war was one of the major events of the last century, leading to the establishment of the Soviet Union. After the First World War the British Government, with the full backing of Secretary of State for War and Air Winston Churchill, sent British forces to help the White Russian armies end the Bolshevik Revolution. In 1918-1920 the RAF sent 221, 266 and 47 Squadron to fight alongside General Denikin in South Russia. The RAF launched...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848688911
• ISBN13: 9781848688919
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"