Red army was very organized. Trotsky has rule of immediate execution to any kind of refusal
Disunity of the anti communist forces ( white forces)
War communism: communists had all the country's recourses, banks, factories
Revolutionary terror: Cheka was formed.
The end of World War I
Russia withdrew from War. Germany to focus on the Western Front. Ludendorff ( offensive attack on the west). The German 50 miles away from Paris
US sent fresh 140.000 American troops to Paris. Battle of Marne, The German troops were defeated.
The allies refused to sign any treaty with an autocratic government. William II has to feld his own empire for the allies to agree to sign. The Social Democrat , Fredrich Ebert has signed the allies.
After The fall of German Empire Social Democratic Party has taken over Germany. Rosa Luxemburg, Karl were against the War. They run anti War demonstrations in Berlin. When she refused to work underground, they had tortured her and threw her body in the river.
Wodroo Wilson made 14 points speech in which he declared that international relations should be based on mutual interest. He wanted all the statements to be done openly. He wanted to create an association to help to prevent such war
While army: Loyal to Czar, Serbians, Ukranins, some foriegn troops that did not really fight. The red army consisted of the communists
White army made significant sucesses at first: Serbian troops have almost reached the Volga River. Baltic regions troops almost reached Moscow
1920,major while forces have been deafeted. The communists took Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan back
The Treaty of Versaille: Austra and Germany to pay all the reperations of the War. The forced Germany to cut their military to only 100.000 soldiers. They forced Germany to get rid of its air force. Germany was also forced to a neutral land along the Rhine River.
The legacies Of World War I: New nations were formed. Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Austia, Hungary, Serbia became the center of Yugoslavia. Western nations ecnourged Arab nations be indepedent from Ottoman Empire. They created a new system called mandate which dictates the responsibility to the conquring country yet without owning the land itself. So, France owned Syria. Britiain mandated Iraq and Palestine.
Paris Peace conference Germany was not invited. Russia with its Civil War. David George, Germany has to pay for the war costs. France, Germany has to pay for the war, give up its weapons, Germany and France ( Rhineland) ( neutral land). Clemenceau has to give up the neutral land part. France the US and Britain to be in a defensive alliance. US congress did not agree.
