What is Siberian Intervention?
{{Infobox Military Conflict |conflict=Siberian Intervention |partof= |image=The Illustration of The Siberian War, No. 16. The Japanese Army Occupied Vragaeschensk (Blagoveshchensk).jpg |caption=Japanese lithograph depicting the capture of Blagoveschensk |date=August 1918 - July 1920; October 1922 (Japanese withdrawal) |place=[[Siberia|Eastern Siberia]] |casus=[[Bolshevik Revolution]], [[Czechoslovak Legion|Rescue of the Czech Legion]] |territory= |result=Allies withdraw, Bolsheviks regain Siberia |combatant1=[[Allies of World War I|'''Entente Powers''']]<br> {{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}<br> {{flag|United States|1912}}<br> {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}<br> {{flag|Canada|1868}}<br> {{flagicon|France}} [[France]] <br> {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}<br> {{flagicon|Russia}} [[White Movement]]<hr>'''Supported by:''' {{flagicon|Republic of China|1912}} [[Beiyang government]] |combatant2= {{flag|Russian SFSR|1918}} Pro-[[Bolshevik]] forces<br> '''1920-1922'''<br> {{flag|Far Eastern Republic}} |commander1={{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Yui Mitsue]]<br>{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Admiral Kolchak]]†<br>{{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[William S. Graves]] |commander2={{flagicon|Russian SFSR|1918}} [[Semyon Budyonny]] <br> {{flagicon|Russian SFSR|1918}} [[Mikhail Tukhachevsky]] |strength1=70,000 Japanese,<br>7,950 U.S soldiers,<br>2,400 Italian troops<br>1,500 British,<br>4,192 Canadian,<ref>''[[Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force]].''</ref><br>800 French, <br>300,000 Kolchakists, <br>100,000 Semyonov troops, <br>50,000 bandits <br>total: 550,000 troops |strength2=At least 600,000 |casualties1=200,000{{fact|date=April 2009}} |casualties2=400,000{{fact|date=April 2009}} |notes= |}} The '''[[Siberia]]n Intervention''' (1918-1922) was part of a larger plan by the Western powers and Japan. They wanted to support the [[White Movement|White Russians]] against the [[Bolshevik]] [[Red Army]] during the [[Russian Civil War]]. Other places included Northwest Russia, [[Crimea]], [[Bessarabia]], and the [[Caucasus]]. Having occup