They hoped to prevent Communism from taking hold.
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I wasn't aware of any Allied forces involved in Russia's civil war. I think you must be mistaken.
Yes, There was various type of people who were involved in Russian civil war
Britain sent 50,000 soldiers and the US sent 10,000 soldiers to Russia to fight the communists who eventually took control and won the Civil War. With this the Intervention by the Allies would taint relations with the West and the USSR
Immediately after the revolution, Trotsky became the first Commissar of Foreign Affairs. Then at the outset of the Russian Civil War he became Commissar of War. He organized the Red Army in order to fight the opposing White Russian forces.
The white forces lost because of the shear numbers of the red forces. Also, the "soldiers" of the reds were subjected to a terror policy which forced them to fight to the death and not flea an attack to survive, unlike the white forces.