[Tallguy]

I’ve read that the Red Army almost lost to the White but some how they rallied back. If the White had won maybe 65 million lives would not have been exterminated.

It was close for a time. What the Reds were able to do is take on 1 front at a time while holding everywhere else. That's what I meant by "defeating in detail". It made for a long, drawn-out civil war.

The western allies of WW1 together with Japan occupied port cities that were anchors for White forces. When those forces went home it greatly shifted the dynamics.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Thanks for the explanation!