Archangel: The American War With Russia is a firsthand account written by a soldier who served there. John Cudahy, who later served as Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Ambassador to Poland in the 1930s, was a soldier in the First World War. He served on the Western Front before being assigned to the American North Russia Expeditionary Force (A.N.R.E.F.).
It's a little known fact that that the USA invaded Russia at the tail end of the First World War, when the Russian Revolution had overthrown the Tsar. The US landed troops in the north of Russia, in the Archangel and Murmansk region, near Finland. They also sent troops from the Far East, landing at Vladivostok.
Cudahy was sent to serve at the northern front. On the day that World War One ended, November 11, 1918, known as Armistice Day in Europe and Veteran's Day in the United States, Cudahy and his men were fighting for their lives in the Battle of Tulgas. They would remain in Russia until 1919. Cuday wrote this book because he wanted to honor the fallen who were left behind.
This is a new edition of the public domain book that was originally published in 1924.
This new edition includes:
Photographs from the front lines, as well as photos of contemporary Archangel.
A few maps of the theater of operations.
An appendix document at the back of the book that reproduces a speech given by Hiram Johnson demanding that we bring the troops home from Russia.
An appendix that reproduces a petition signed by family members of the soldiers, appealing to Congress and the President to bring the troops home.
Footnotes illuminating remarks by the author.
New format, layout, and typesetting.
Bulkington Book's mission is to build a bridge into the past, before film, television, copyright, and internet swallowed up the world. We found this story worthy of revival, and we hope you find it worth your while.
Our Substack Post, including the Foreword, can be read here: https://bulkingtonbooks.substack.com/p/archangel-the-american-war-with-russia
the original text can be found here on archive: https://archive.org/embed/archangelamerica00bych
