Russia in Revolution: 1914-24

When it came time to protect the Provisional Government from the Bolsheviks, he had no military to call on. When the National Soviet joined with the Left SR, and both sat out on the sidelines, what was left of the Army either backed the Reactionary Generals or went over to the Bolsheviks. Kerensky tried to lead but no one followed. In late October 1917, Kerensky was toppled from power and forced to flee Russia, an impotent and defeated figure who had failed to capitalize on the great opportunity passed to him.

The German force was weakened because of Russia’s army. Other countries were struggling to bring supplies to

It appeared that Russia was finally headed to the right path when Czar Nicholas II relinquished his thrown in March of 1917. The provisional government who took control

Even though Operation Barbarossa was the biggest surprise attack in history, it shouldn’t have been a surprise. Even though Hitler viewed Russians as an inferior race, he signed the non aggression

Many members from the Committee, stated that Lenin’s plan, that was focused to be executed before

The United States military contribution was decisive, since Russian decided to quit the war, and the new forces from the US entered the front, which was demoralizing to the Germans, who retrieved back to

Ultimately, ‘this had brought together two revolutionary leaders, committed to the overthrow of capitalism’ (Christian) and the Tsarist autocracy in Russia. This partnership between Lenin and Trotsky was imperative, as Lenin had viewed Trotsky as a valuable and vital asset to the revolution, where his leadership, ‘talent’ and ‘ability’ would play a major role.

Russia immediately declared war with Germany, and the fighting began. Soon the Tsar realised that his visions of a short, glorious victory where never going to happen and soon the two waring parties where entrenched in a slow, bloody war. From the outset, the Germans held every advantage over Russia, on and supporting the battlefield.

The German Army never fully recovered from the beating it took in Russia around Moscow and elsewhere during the winter of 1941-42 when it suffered over a million casualties. For a time, the entire Eastern Front had teetered on the verge of collapse as division upon division of well-equipped Russians materialized seemingly out of nowhere and attacked.

Germany and its allies had captured almost all of mainland Europe with the exception of four neutral countries. The Soviet Union had been fighting Germany since nearly the beginning of the war and wasn’t making much progress. The Soviet Union had been urging its allies to start a new rush on the eastern front of the war. At this time America hadn’t expanded their army to as big of a size as they would need and Britain had recently lost at Dunkirk which gave Germany the ability to take control of France. Little progress had been made against Germany itself, however it’s allies, Japan and Italy, were being weakened and it was time to start wearing down Germany. It was decided that to do this they would have to go through the eastern front.

took out the German infantry and stopped Germany from expanding; this was also a big

The German Luftwaffe controlled the skies, and Hitler’s Army Group South (B) had encircled much of Russia ground forces within Stalingrad. Unfortunately for Hitler, his mistrust of intelligence left him unprepared for the military tactic employed by Russian military leaders. The Soviets, unlike during the Battle of Moscow, had not placed all of their forces within the initial defense of Stalingrad. Rather, on October 11, 1942, German SIGINT assets reported a “comprehensive regroupment of Soviet forces between the Don and Volga” (Thomas, 1987). The early German intelligence reports concerning a large force mustered north of Stalingrad proved accurate, much to the dismay of Hitler and his senior military leadership. The Soviet military had changed course between its defense of Moscow and its defense of Stalingrad; in the latter case, the Soviets decided to withhold the majority of their forces until after the initial German onslaught concluded. Now an army divided geographically between multiple objectives, the German Army Group South (B) could not sustain its advance following initial victories surrounding Stalingrad. The German Luftwaffe proved ineffective as well in routing out a sizeable bunkered enemy force as a result of prior fortifications made by the Russians. What Hitler believed to be an easily won objective turned into nearly 10 months of face-to-face combat throughout the sprawling city

On July 17, 1918, while imprisoned in Yekaterinburg by the Bolshevik revolutionaries, the Tsar and his family were told that counterrevolutionaries were approaching the town and that the house may be fired on so they would have to move for their protection. They were then taken down to the basement and shot and killed by their captors. His wife and all his children included. The Tsardom was dissolved and a provincial government was established, lead by Georgy Lvov. This government was quickly overthrown by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik party.

to spend time in the army. In a bid to divert the blame, the Tsar and

Before the war started setting out, the Bolsheviks had control over three places: Petrograd, Moscow, and all the territory in between. After Nicholas