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Battle of Romanovka | |||||||
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Part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, Russian Civil War | |||||||
American troops marching through Vladivostok in 1918, Japanese troops stand at attention on the left | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Russia (Bolshevik) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lawrence Butler (WIA) James Lorimar | Yakov Tryapitsyn | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~72,[1] plus a platoon of reinforcements | ~400 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
24 killed 25 wounded |
41-57 dead or missing Unknown wounded |
The Battle of Romanovka was fought in June 1919 during the Russian Civil War. Russian Bolsheviks of Yakov Tryapitsyn launched a surprise attack on an American army camp at Romanovka, near Vladivostok. As a result of the engagement, the attacks were repelled. Romanovka and the Suchan Valley Campaign that followed were the final major engagements of the Russian Civil War involving the United States.
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