After almost a year of back and forth, Japan and the Entente launched their biggest intervention into Civil War-era Russia, the Siberian Expedition. The years-long effort was marred by muddled objectives and a hostile populace, and its long-term impact was mostly confirming the Soviet Union as an enemy and undermining the people's faith in Japan's institutions. 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Morley, James William The Japanese Thrust Into Siberia, 1918 Columbia University Press, 1954

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