Northern Taurida Operation

Northern Taurida Operation
Part of the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
British-made Mark IV tank used by White Army, captured by the Red Army 14 October 1920 in the Kakhovka bridgehead
Date 6 June – 3 November 1920 Location Tavria, Southern Ukraine Result Soviet victory Whites fall back to Crimea Beginning of the Siege of Perekop
Belligerents
South Russia	Russian SFSR  Ukrainian SSR Makhnovshchina
Commanders and leaders
Pyotr Wrangel Yakov Slashchov Alexander Kutepov	Mikhail Frunze August Kork Ieronim Uborevich Nestor Makhno Semen Karetnyk
Units involved
Russian Army 1st Army Corps 2nd Army Corps	Southern Front 6th Army 13th Army 1st Cavalry Army 2nd Cavalry Army Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
Strength
35,000 23,000 infantry 12,000 cavalry	133,100 99,500 infantry 33,600 cavalry 2,000 cavalry
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Heavy

The Northern Taurida operation (6 June – 3 November 1920) was a military campaign of the Russian Civil War between the Red Army and the Wrangel Russian Army for the possession of Northern Taurida. The campaign can be divided into 3 stages: the White offensive (6 June – 3 July), trench warfare around the Kakhovka Bridgehead (20 August – 27 October) and the counterattack of the Red Army (28 October – 3 November).