US Soldiers Fighting in Russia - The End of the “Polar Bear Expedition“ I THE GREAT WAR May 1919

The so called Allied intervention into the Russian Civil War suffered from no clear operational goals and mandate and when US President Woodrow Wilson pulled out the American soldiers that were fighting in Northern Russia in May 1919, the operation suffered another setback. Public pressure against US foreign intervention was increasing now that Germany had been beaten and many people didn’t understand what American soldiers were doing in Russia anyway. At the same time Winston Churchill and his supporters maintained that it was vital to defeat the Bolsheviks in Russia once and for all. » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon:   Become a member:   » OUR PODCAST  - interviews with World War 1 historians and background info for the show.   » BUY OUR SOURCES IN OUR AMAZON STORES * *Buying via this link supports The Great War (Affiliate-Link)   » SOURCES Crow