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Hector Drummond Posted on Tuesday 22nd May 2018 by Hector DrummondTuesday 22nd May 2018

I don’t think it’s well-known that the Germans could have crushed the Russian Bolshevik government in its early days, but chose not to. The Bolsheviks had a tentative grip on power, and Russia was in chaos. The Germans debated whether … Continue reading →

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