Why did the Reds win the Civil War?
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- Created on: 25-03-15 14:01
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- Why did the Reds win the Civil War?
- Weaknesses of the White
- Main source of soldiers for the White Army were peasants.
- They were conscripted in their thousands and whenever they got the chance they deserted in their thousands.
- White leaders expected the peasants to give back their land they had seized in 1917.
- The peasants opposed this proposal and the Whites.
- Many urban workers and peasants had made too many gains from the revolution to go back.
- Don Cossacks, who has lost a lot to the Bolshevik agreed to fight.
- They only wanted independence for their own region.
- Would not always obey orders from the central command.
- As a result of the execution of several Bolsheviks, under Kolchak's order, the SRs staged revolts against him and undermined the rest of his campaign.
- Main source of soldiers for the White Army were peasants.
- Strengths of the Reds
- Geographical Advantages
- Held central area with main railway networks.
- Able to move troops and munitions easily to the Front.
- The central area was so heavily populated the Bolsheviks were able to conscript large numbers.
- Whites had poor communication, as they were separated.
- Unity and Organisation
- Bolsheviks had a single, unified command structure.
- Whites were made up of different groups with different aims and beliefs.
- The White Generals would not work together as they did not like or trust eachother.
- Leadership
- Trotsky was a superb leader.
- Discipline was very tough; the death penalty was frequently used.
- Support
- The Bolsheviks had a core support group of some workers and soldiers. Reds offered them the best chance of maintain gains.
- Other Factors
- Reds utilized propaganda effectively, created powerful images
- Whites would take away land from the peasants.
- Foreign invaders supported the whites
- Red offered a wonderful new society for workers and peasants.
- Reds utilized propaganda effectively, created powerful images
- Geographical Advantages
- Weaknesses of the White
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