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The revolt of the Czechoslovak Legion against the Bolsheviks
Immediately after the Brest-Litovsk Treaty, the Czechoslovak Legion decided that the struggle for independence against the Austro-Hungarian Empire must continue and were set to go to France, half a world away. They avoided enemy capture and headed for the east of...
The Czechoslovak Legion in Russia. Games of mistrust
The beginning of the First World War represented for the Czechs and Slovaks a major opportunity to fight for their independence against the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Representatives of these minorities in Russia proposed to that country’s government to support their...
What was Entente’s strategy in early 1917 on the Eastern Front?
Entente’s strategy on the Eastern Front for 1917 was agreed upon at the Chantilly Interallied Conference in November 1916. Russia was to launch in 1917 a general offensive on the Eastern Front, complemented by an attack by France and England in the west. Sometimes,...
The Ukrainian civil war and the claims of the leaders
During the documentation about Ukraine and the civil war from 1917-1920 we found an interesting text about it. But are some comments and untruths the author support them. First of all that Bukovina isn’t a part of Ukrainian land. Bukovina is a historical region,...