Something major is left out of this ‘history’ by this woman Rappaport— the political situation in Britain. The Prime Minister was Lloyd George (not Church of England, but a Labor favoring, who was Baptist. This is important in those days as to the State Religion/Monarchy House of Lords interconnections, and the working people were not happy about mobilization. Lloyd George played a crucial role is warning off King George- when George had the capabilities, and could have had the timing. Labor favored the Bolsheviks as they organized against British defense manufacturing and the War, and it was they put Lloyd George in Labor from Parliament into the position of Prime Minister). Appeasing the workers so they would not strike against Vickers, etc.
Labor was not helpful, even resentful of WWI and UK’s commitments to the French and Russians vs. The Tsar’s cousin (again the relationships) Kaiser Wilhelm, who was nuts and power mad at the same time (the war started with a Serbian nationalist killing the heir to Austro-Hungary and his wife. And the actions of the Russian foreign minister getting “taken” by Austro-Hungary’s foreign minister. Serbs aligned with Russia in all history).
HMS Marlborough came in to the Black Sea and Crimea and picked up the Dowager Empress and many of the Romanovs— the Bolshies killed every one they found, but there was a window to rescue the Tsar’s children if not Nicholas and Alexandra- these were real thugs, and the White Russians almost freed the family in Ekaterinberg.. Lenin ordered the murders- it’s in the Russian archives on paper, and what is very important is that German Foreign Minister convinced the Kaiser to support Lenin and 70 0f his conspirators to be allowed to leave Switzerland, travel to St. Petersburg in a German military protected train, loaded with German gold specie (coins) and carry out the revolution. Wilhelm was pushed being told they would WIN the war by removing the Tsar and causing them to leave the war. It did not happen that way. Germany lost, the blowback was Communists became a major threat to Weimar, and the powers went with Hitler to ‘control’ them.
Wilhelm was nuts and exiled to Holland (he wrote letters to Hitler thinking Hitler would restore the german monarchy).
They really destroyed western civilization. 30 centuries of it was lost in WWI.
Even if Tsar Nicholas had survived on the throne very doubtful if his son would have been able to keep the monarchy going. Alexi had hemophilia and was a sickly boy. The Bolsheviks would have won in the end and their blood bath would only have been delayed.
Kaiser Wilhelm was nuts but would it have saved us from Hitler if Willie had been left on the throne?