Odessa-Nikolaev March
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| Odessa-Nikolaev March | |||||||
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 French tanks in Odessa, 1919 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
.svg){kind=small} France Kingdom of Greece Ukrainian People's Republic |
 Red ArmyGreen armies (after February 18) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Philippe Henri Joseph d'Anselme (French) Konstantinos Nider (Greece) Nikifor Grigoriev (Ukrainian, switched sides to Red Army February 18) |
Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko (Red Army) Nikifor Grigoriev (after February 18) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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15,000 French 2,000 Greeks | |||||||
The Odessa-Nikolaev March was a campaign of the Russian Civil War that took place in Ukraine.
French and Greek troops, which had landed in Odessa on 18 December 1918, marched towards Mykolaiv and occupied the city on 31 January 1919. When the Red Army under command of Nikifor Grigoriev approached in March 1919, the allies evacuated the city between 12 and 14 March without a fight.
