Gedrin
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Actually one of the aims of the bolshevics was to pull Russia out of the war. A war which was taking a tremenous toll on Russia. Also to some degree the Tsar loyalist being slaughtered was spontaneous. The best example of which I heard so far I will repeat,
In the trenches typically there would be 2 shots fired which would be a little confusing to the germans that there were that few I suppose. This would be followed by a pole with whatever white could be attached to it waved in the air and some guy yelling who wants to trade shnops for vodka. The two shots were a small scale mutany, the officer and his lietenant. Appaerntly this happened often near the end of WWI for Russia. The men would now go home.
The bolshevics did not hide this aim, and interestingly enough some forces within the German army brought back Lenin out of exile back to Russia. Why? If there is a man that will not only sew chaos in your opponents ranks, but also try to get their country to end hostilities with yours why not? One less front to worry about. This is what happened too. Of course then the U.S. joined the war with fresh troops and fresh toys utilizing fast decisive positional warfare instead of attrition. The Zimmerman telegraph was a big part of the U.S.A.'s joining the war.
Besides Stalin was not even Lenins handpicked sucessor, Trotsky was. One has to wonder what would have happened if Trotsky took power instead of Lenin.
In the trenches typically there would be 2 shots fired which would be a little confusing to the germans that there were that few I suppose. This would be followed by a pole with whatever white could be attached to it waved in the air and some guy yelling who wants to trade shnops for vodka. The two shots were a small scale mutany, the officer and his lietenant. Appaerntly this happened often near the end of WWI for Russia. The men would now go home.
The bolshevics did not hide this aim, and interestingly enough some forces within the German army brought back Lenin out of exile back to Russia. Why? If there is a man that will not only sew chaos in your opponents ranks, but also try to get their country to end hostilities with yours why not? One less front to worry about. This is what happened too. Of course then the U.S. joined the war with fresh troops and fresh toys utilizing fast decisive positional warfare instead of attrition. The Zimmerman telegraph was a big part of the U.S.A.'s joining the war.
Besides Stalin was not even Lenins handpicked sucessor, Trotsky was. One has to wonder what would have happened if Trotsky took power instead of Lenin.