Perekop–Chongar offensive (1920)

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battle of the Russian Civil War military offensive

The Perekop–Chongar offensive (1920) was a decisive Red Army operation during the Russian Civil War in which Bolshevik forces broke through White defenses to seize control of Crimea.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the Russian Civil War → military offensive →
aim	destroy Wrangel's Crimean grouping →
alsoKnownAs	Perekop–Chongar operation →
belligerent	Armed Forces of South Russia remnants → Russian SFSR Red Army → Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic → Russian White movement →
category	Battles involving Russia → Battles of the Russian Civil War → History of Crimea →
combatType	combined arms offensive →
commander	Mikhail Frunze → Pyotr Wrangel →
conflict	Russian Civil War →
consequence	Soviet control over Black Sea access points of Crimea → mass emigration of White supporters from Crimea →
country	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic →
date	1920 →
defensiveLineAssaulted	Perekop fortifications → Turkish Wall at Perekop →
followedBy	Soviet consolidation of power in Crimea →
front	Southern Front (Red Army) →
includedAction	crossing of the Sivash by Red forces →
involves	51st Rifle Division → Cavalry units of the Red Army →
location	Chongar Peninsula → Crimea → Perekop Isthmus →
militaryBranch	Workers' and Peasants' Red Army →
opponent	Red Army → White Army →
partOf	Southern Front of the Russian Civil War →
precededBy	Crimean campaign of 1920 →
redForcesLeader	Commander Mikhail Frunze →
result	Bolshevik capture of Crimea → decisive Red Army victory → evacuation of White forces from Crimea →
significance	decisive defeat of the last major White forces in European Russia → marked near-end of large-scale fighting in the Russian Civil War in the south →
strategicObjective	break through White defenses to seize control of Crimea →
theater	Crimean Peninsula → Southern Russia →
timePeriod	October–November 1920 →
whiteForcesLeader	General Pyotr Wrangel →
year	1920 in Russia →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Isthmus of Perekop → Perekop →	hasHistoricalEvent