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337: 127: 25: 207: 91: 115: 953: 970: 1219: 941: 400:. The Estonians sent two armoured trains to aid the Latvians while the Lithuanians were engaged in battles with the Bolsheviks and could only issue diplomatic protests. The Latvians also received assistance from the guns of a British 441:. After the involvement of the Entente military mission, General Eberhardt was able to organize evacuation of the remaining German Freikorps via Lithuania to East Prussia. This was completed by mid-December 1919. 1066: 1054: 1042: 328:(then based in Siberia) and started marching eastwards (October 1919) with a stated intention of attacking the Bolsheviks, but its real goal appeared to be sustaining German power in the Baltic region. 1149: 1142: 1320: 825: 320:
and then released if they promised that they would help fight against the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War. The resultant Western Russian Volunteer Army declared that it would support the Russian
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In this circumstances Bermondt-Avalov launched an offensive using Freikorps in attempt to force the Republic of Latvia to negotiate. With the support of
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Im Kampf gegen den Bolschewismus. Erinnerungen von General Fürst Awaloff, Oberbefehlshaber der Deutsch-Russischen Westarmee im Baltikum
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were provided by Germany and decorated with Russian distinctive signs, in particular the shoulder legs according to the model of the
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Von den baltische Provinzen zu den baltischen Staaten. Beiträge zur Entstehungsgeschichte der Republiken Estland und Lettland
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to block the East Prussian border to block Freikorp's supplies. General von der Goltz was finally recalled on October 4.
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The political situation in the Baltic region continued to deteriorate. A new government in Lithuania refused to allow
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determined that the situation was under control. The order to withdraw was given after signing of the
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In November, the Latvian army managed to drive the Bermondt-Avalov forces into Lithuanian territory.
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In October 1919, the West Russian Volunteer Army attacked the newly independent states of
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fled to Klaipeda. The German Freikorps were handed over to the German Lieutenant General
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in Southern Russia, was supported and in fact put together under German auspices. The
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Die Kämpfe im Baltikum nach der zweiten Einnahme von Riga. Juni bis Dezember 1919
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Der Feldzug im Baltikum bis zur zweiten Einnahme von Riga. Januar bis Mai 1919
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Darstellungen aus den Nachkriegskämpfen deutscher Truppen und Freikorps
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retired in response to the Allies' order; the rest remained under the
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of November 1918, in article 12, stipulated that troops of the former
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Die Baltische Landeswehr im Befreiungskampf gegen den Bolschewismus
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White Russians to pass troops through and establish a military base
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Die letzte Front. Geschichte der Eiserne Division im Baltikum 1919
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Military units and formations of White Russia (Russian Civil War)
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advances and that such German units were to withdraw once the
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Russian warlords in the Baltic during the Russian Civil War
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Confrontation with the governments of Latvia and Lithuania
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The only surviving flag of the West Russian Volunteer Army
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Bermontians' planes captured by the Lithuanian Army near
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Sprawy łotewskie w bałtyckiej polityce Niemiec 1914-1919
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had to request military assistance from Lithuania and
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The Western Russian Volunteer Army, unlike the pro-
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Russian State
German Empire
Russian Civil War
Estonian War of Independence
Latvian War of Independence
Lithuanian Wars of Independence
Pavel Bermondt-Avalov
Rüdiger von der Goltz

pro-German
Latvia
Lithuania
Russian Civil War
Entente
Volunteer Army
Compiègne Armistice
German Empire
Russian Empire
Bolshevik
Allies
Treaty of Versailles
Freikorps in the Baltic
leadership
Rüdiger von der Goltz

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