On 2 August 1918, troops from the UK, France and the USA seized control of Archangel, in an attempt to help the White Forces defeat Lenin’s communist revolution in the Russian Civil War.

Here is a dramatic newspaper story from August 1918 that reports on the occupation of Archangel by the Allied troops.

Derby Daily Telegraph – Thursday 29 August 1918

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