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.

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Label	Occurrences
Perekop–Chongar offensive (1920) canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the Russian Civil War ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
aim	destroy Wrangel's Crimean grouping ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Perekop–Chongar operation ⓘ
belligerent	Russian Army (Wrangel) ⓘ surface form: Armed Forces of South Russia remnants Red Army ⓘ surface form: Russian SFSR Red Army Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic White movement ⓘ surface form: Russian White movement
category	Battles involving Russia ⓘ Russian Civil War ⓘ surface form: 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 SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
date	1920 ⓘ
defensiveLineAssaulted	Perekop ⓘ surface form: Perekop fortifications Turkish Wall at Perekop ⓘ
followedBy	Soviet consolidation of power in Crimea ⓘ
front	Red Southern Front (Red Army) ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Isthmus of Perekop ⓘ surface form: Perekop Isthmus
militaryBranch	Red Army ⓘ surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
opponent	Red Army ⓘ White Army ⓘ
partOf	Southern Front of the Russian Civil War ⓘ
precededBy	Crimean campaign of 1920 ⓘ
redForcesLeader	Mikhail Frunze ⓘ surface form: 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	Crimea ⓘ surface form: Crimean Peninsula southern Russia ⓘ surface form: Southern Russia
timePeriod	October–November 1920 ⓘ
whiteForcesLeader	Pyotr Wrangel ⓘ surface form: General Pyotr Wrangel
year	1920 in Russia ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isthmus of Perekop → hasHistoricalEvent → Perekop–Chongar offensive (1920) ⓘ

Perekop → hasHistoricalEvent → Perekop–Chongar offensive (1920) ⓘ