Japanese intervention and the Czechoslovak Military Corps: key aspects of interaction during the Civil War in 1918-1920

the article examines the key aspects of the interaction of the leadership of the Czechoslovak Military Corps with representatives of the Japanese expeditionary forces in the Far East during the Civil War. The purpose of the article is to consider the key aspects of interventionist interaction. To do this, it is necessary to determine their role in the system of foreign intervention, to identify the dependence of the Czechoslovak Corps on the Japanese forces. The object of the study is the Czechoslovak Military Corps, which played a significant role in the events of the Great Russian Revolution (1917-1922). The subject of the study is the relationship between the command of the Czechoslovak Corps and representatives of the Japanese occupation forces: the problems of mutual relations, their characteristic features, and the role of the Czechoslovak Corps in resolving contradictions between key players in the Far East – Japan and the United States - are considered. At the same time, special attention is paid to the problem of evacuation of personnel of the Czechoslovak Corps. As an ally of the Entente, Japan influenced the course of the Civil War and contributed to solving the tasks assigned to soldiers and officers by the French command and the leadership of Czechoslovakia. The goals of Japan and the Czechoslovak political and military leadership had different vectors. The main task for the military and political leadership was to evacuate the personnel, for this it was necessary to contact the Japanese side, which had the necessary amount of tonnage. The Japanese militarists saw in the situation of the Czechs only a reason to occupy the territory of the Far East and had to adhere to allied obligations within the framework of the military-political bloc, relying on the opinion of the United States, which officially maintained neutrality in the Russian Civil War. The turning point in the system of interaction was the end of the First World War and Japan's revision of the priorities of intervention in Russia.

Japan, Czechoslovak Corps, intervention, occupation, civil war, USA