White Army (In the Name of the Tsar)

The White Army or White Armies, officially His Imperial Majesty's Restoration Army (Russian: Армия восстановления Его Императорского

Величества, tr. Armiya vosstanovleniya Yego Imperatorskogo Velichestva), was the army and air force of the Tsarist Party and, towards the end of World War II, the Russian Empire. Officially established in 1939 by Tsar Dmitri I, it served as a means of breaking the Soviet Union and the rest of the Allies towards the end of the war. It was disbanded in 1945, outliving the Tsarist Party, and was replaced by the Imperial Russian Army. The White Army served a major part in not only destroying the Soviet Union, but also Nazi Germany during the Russo-German War. Headed by the Tsar himself, the White Army is considered to be one, if not the single, best performing army of the 20th century. Military commanders such as Anton Denikin and Ivan Konev (who defected from the Soviet Union) are recognized as some as the most brilliant strategists of all time.

History

Origins

A colourized photograph of volunteer White Army soldiers.

As the Tsarist Party gained popularity throughout the Soviet Union, a question sprung in the minds of many in 1943. If the Tsarists were indeed going to revolt against the Soviets, who would they send. Up until this point, Dmitri I had not thought to build a professional military, and had originally thought to use guerilla tactics, much like the Serbians in World War I. After being pressured to do so by his closest adviser, the elderly Anton Denikin, Dmitri set up small camps in far-east Russia. Small animals would be used for target practice, and weapons would be scavenged from dead Red Army soldiers. Less than sixteen-hundred people had volunteered for the army before Nazi Germany had forged an alliance with the Tsarists, believing that it would be best if the Germans would "bleed them out".

Dmitri, under the Imperial Integrity Act, made military service compulsory for all members of the Tsarist party, with the exception of children and pregnant women. Around 650,000 soldiers showed up to these makeshift camps after they received the promise of bread and a safe place to sleep after this act, and by the time that Kurt Zeitzler had offered his proposition, many of those who had shown up had been thoroughly trained and were very knowledgeable about the basics of combat.

Volunteer Cossack Army

Konstantin Mamontov, founder of the Volunteer Cossack Army.

A large percentage of the Tsarist Party's supporters were of Cossack origin and many were very skilled horseback riders. Unfortunately, the elderly General Konstantin Mamontov disagreed with many of Dmitri's ideas on how to conduct a war and, just before the Tsarists revolted against the Soviets, split away from the White Army. His army was known as the All-Cossack Tsarist Army (Russian: Всеказацкое царское войско, tr. Vsekazatskoye tsarskoye voysko), or unofficially known as the Volunteer Cossack Army by members of the White Army. The Volunteer Cossack Army would also play a decisive role in the collapse of the Soviets and, after Mamontov's death, would combine with the White Army once more.

Siberian Army

Around the same time of the formation of the Volunteer Cossack Army, the Siberian Army had been founded under supervision of Dmitri I. The city of Novo-Nikolaevsk was named the headquarters of the army and it had full authority to carry out its operations against the Soviets. This was met with mixed emotions, but everyone could agree that the Siberians could easily overrun the Soviets and surround them in the case of a potential unification between the White Army and the Cossack Volunteer Army.

The Siberian Army would also be directly responsible for the assassination of Joseph Stalin.

Ranks

General Officers

Designation	Commander-in-chief and higher commanders
Rank	Generalfeldmarschall	General of the branch	Generalleutnant	Generalmajor
Russian transliteration	General-feldmarshal	General roda voysk	General-leytenant	General-mayor
Table of Rank class	K-1	K-2	K-3	K-4

Officers

Designation	Field and junior grade officers
Rank	Polkovnik	Podpolkovnik	Captain	Staff-captain	Poruchik	Podporuchik	Praporshik
Russian transliteration	Полковник	Подполко́вник	Капитан	Штабс-капитан	Пору́чик	Подпору́чик	Пра́порщик
Cavalry equivalent	Polkovnik	Podpolkovnik	Rittmeister	Staff-rittmeister	Poruchik	Kornet	-
Cossack equivalent	Cossack colonel	Voyskovoy starshina	Yesaul	Podyesaul	Sotnik	Khorunzhyi	-
Rank group	Stab-ofitsery (field officer ranks) 5-7	Ober-ofitsery (company officer ranks) 8-11
Table of ranks class	K-5	K-6	K-7	K-8	K-9	K-10	K-11

Non-commissioned officers & enlisted men

Rank Group	Non-commissioned officers (Russian: Унтер-офицеры, romanized: Unter-ofitsery)				Enlisted (Russian: Рядовые, romanized: Rydovye)
Artilery	Зауряд-прапорщик Zauryad-praporshchik	Подпрапорщик Podpraporshchik	Младший унтер-офицер Mladshiy unter-ofitser	Младший Фейерверкер Mladshiy feyyerverker	Бомбардир Bombardyr	Канонир Kanonir
Infantry	Зауряд-прапорщик Zauryad-praporshchik	Подпрапорщик Podpraporshchik	Старший унтер-офицер Starshiy unter-ofitser	Младший унтер-офицер Mladshiy unter-ofitser	Ефрейтор Yefreytor	Рядовой Ryadovoy
Cavalry	Зауряд-прапорщик Zauryad-praporshchik	Подпрапорщик Podpraporshchik	Старший унтер-офицер Starshiy unter-ofitser	Младший унтер-офицер Mladshiy unter-ofitser	Ефрейтор Yefreytor	Рядовой Ryadovoy
Cossacks	Зауряд-прапорщик Zauryad-praporshchik	Вахмистр Vachmistr	Старший урядник Starshyy uryadnyk	Младший урядник Mladshiy uryadnik	Приказный Prikaznyy	Казак Kazak