How we defeated Kolchak. Civil war lessons. Tukhachevsky M.N.

Mikhail Nikolaevich Tukhachevsky, a personnel officer of the old tsarist army, joined the Red Army in March 1918 immediately after its formation. During the Civil War, he proved himself as a talented commander: his army (which included the famous division of V.I. Chapaev) played a decisive role in the defeat of the whites on the Volga, the Urals and in Siberia, which predetermined the final collapse of the "supreme ruler of Russia" Admiral Kolchak. For these military operations, Tukhachevsky was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, and for the victory over Kolchak - honorary revolutionary weapons. In his book M.N. Tukhachevsky talks about the battles with Kolchak, about the features of the actions of the Red Army at that time, starting from a series of small blows (“Blopes War”) to large -scale offensive operations. The experience of the Civil War serves him to extract lessons in strategic and tactical training of the Red Army, including For separate kinds of troops - infantry, artillery, mechanized formations, military engineering troops and other things.