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To: Cronos

The Imperial Russian Army was corrupt as heck, morale was very low and they were both worn down and war weary by 1917 - having basically been at constant war since *1904*. The Army being on the monarchists’ side was far less of a benefit than it would sound.


63 posted on 03/27/2019 4:46:08 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

Interesting point - I was basing my statement on the performance of the White Army and that Trotsky managed to co-opt some of the Tsarist army into the Red army


66 posted on 03/27/2019 7:53:18 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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