FOREIGN INTERVENTION
“NEVER NUMBERING MORE THAN 1,000 MEN, THIS GROUP, KNOWN AS THE 'MALLESON MISSION' AFTER ITS COMMANDER, DEFEATED VARIOUS BOLSHEVIK ATTEMPTS TO TAKE POWER IN THE AREA”
“THE CENTRAL POWERS' WITHDRAWAL IN LATE 1918 PROVIDED THE RED ARMY WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRIKE AT BOTH OF THESE COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS”
1 BRITISH EXPEDITION
MURMANSK
British marines arrived in Murmansk on 6 March 1918 to protect the millions of tons of military
