Eastern Front counteroffensive
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Eastern Front counteroffensive | |
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Part of the Volga Region | |
Result | Bolshevik victory |
- Žanis Bļumbergs
The Eastern Front counteroffensive (April–July 1919) was an episode of the Russian Civil War.
Background
In 1917, the Russian Bolshevik Party staged a
Idea
At the time of the White Army offensive, the Reds had a big force on the southern flank. The White army was dispersed in several groups and the Reds attempted to crush those groups from south to north one by one. Reserves were used to rebuild the Red's 5th Army and delay the Whites' advancement in the center of the front.
Battles
On the southern flank, the White
On 28 April the Reds crushed 2 divisions of the Whites in the region to the south-east of Buguruslan. While suppressing the flank of the advancing White armies, the Reds' command ordered the Southern Group to advance to the North-West. On 4 May the Red 5th Army captured Buguruslan, and the Whites had to quickly retreat to Bugulma. On 6 May Mikhail Frunze (commander of Red's Southern Group) attempted to surround the White Forces, but the Whites quickly retreated to the east. On 13 May the Red 5th Army captured Bugulma without a fight.
The Whites concentrated 6 infantry regiments near
Aftermath
The defeat of the Whites in the Center and South, enabled the Red Army to cross the
Sources
- Н.Е.Какурин, И.И.Вацетис "Гражданская война. 1918–1921" (N.E.Kakurin, ISBN 5-89173-150-9