British mission in the Baltic

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The British mission in the Baltic was a diplomatic and military support operation by the United Kingdom in the Baltic region during the Russian Civil War, aimed at assisting anti-Bolshevik forces and influencing post-World War I regional outcomes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom military operation
diplomatic mission
military mission
appliesToJurisdiction Baltic states
belligerent United Kingdom
commandedBy Rear Admiral Walter Cowan
conflict Russian Civil War
country United Kingdom
diplomaticRole support for recognition of Baltic independence
endTime 1920
follows World War I
genre gunboat diplomacy
naval warfare
hasEffect strengthening Baltic independence movements
weakening Bolshevik naval presence in the Baltic Sea
hasPart Royal Navy Baltic Squadron
diplomatic support to Baltic governments
military assistance to anti-Bolshevik forces
naval blockade operations
location Baltic Sea region
Estonia
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Riga
Latvia
Lithuania
objective contain Bolshevism
influence post-World War I regional settlement
secure independence of Baltic states
support anti-Bolshevik forces
opponent Red Army
surface form: Bolshevik forces

Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
participant Foreign and Commonwealth Office
surface form: British Foreign Office

Estonian forces
Latvian forces
Royal Navy
White Russian forces
partOf Siberian intervention in the Russian Civil War
surface form: Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
startTime 1918
strategicImportance buffer between Soviet Russia and Western Europe
control of Baltic Sea routes
temporalCoverage post-World War I period
uses destroyers
light cruisers
minesweepers
submarines

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Nikolai Yudenich supportedBy British mission in the Baltic