Latvian War of Independence

The Latvian War of Independence, sometimes called the Latvian War of Liberation, is a series of military conflicts in Latvia between 5 December 1918, after the Republic of Latvia proclaims its independence, and the signing of the Treaty of Riga between the Republic of Latvia and the Russian SFSR on August 11, 1920.The war involves Latvia (its provisional government is supported by Estonia, Poland, and the Western Allies, particularly the United Kingdom) against the Russian SFSR and the Bolsheviks' short-lived Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic.

Germany and the United Baltic Duchy add a new level of intrigue, initially being nominally allied to the Nationalist/Allied force, but attempting to jockey for German domination of Latvia.

Eventually, the tensions flare up after a German coup against the Latvian government and lead to open war.

Following a ceasefire, the Germans develop a ploy, nominally dissolving into the West Russian Volunteer Army led by general Pavel Bermont-Avalov.

The West Russian Volunteer Army includes Germans and former Russian prisoners of war nominally allied with the White Army in the Russian Civil War, but both Bermont and Von Der Goltz are more interested in eliminating the nationalists than fighting the Bolsheviks.

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