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Legione Redenta

Allied troops parading in Vladivostok, 1918. By September 1918, there were 70,000 Japanese, 5,002 American, 1,400 Italian, 829 British and 107 French troops in and around the city

The Legione Redenta ("Redeemed Legion") was an Italian military formation that participated in the Siberian intervention during the Russian Civil War. It was formed from 2500 prisoners of war who had been captured by the Russians from the Austro-Hungarian Army.

The Legion fought against Bolshevik forces in Siberia and Manchuria, and was instrumental in protecting the Trans-Siberian Railway necessary for the Allied support to the White forces.[1]

  1. ^ "PRIMA GUERRA MONDIALE - LA STORIA CON I BOLLETTINI UFFICIALI". www.storiologia.it. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

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