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The French and the Russian Bolsheviks at the end of the First World War

The French and the Russian Bolsheviks at the end of the First World War

by Ciprian Stoleru | Jun 22, 2020 | Russian Empire, World War I in 1918 | 0 Comments

French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau was uncompromising in his attitude towards the Russian Bolsheviks. For Clemenceau, Lenin and Russia had betrayed the cause of the Allies, leaving France at the mercy of Germany. The conclusion of the Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty...

The Serbian invasion of Banat (II)

The Serbian invasion of Banat (II)

by Laurentiu Dologa | Jun 19, 2020 | Romania, World War I in 1918, Yugoslavia | 0 Comments

Just a few days before the end of the First World War, newly liberated Serbia sent its units to occupy Banat, taking advantage of the collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy. On November 15, 1918, the Serbs marched into Timișoara, inaugurating two and a half months of...

The Serbian invasion of Banat (I)

The Serbian invasion of Banat (I)

by Laurentiu Dologa | Jun 16, 2020 | Romania, World War I in 1918, Yugoslavia | 0 Comments

Just a few days before the end of the First World War, newly liberated Serbia sent its units to occupy Banat, taking advantage of the collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy. On November 15, 1918, the Serbs marched into Timișoara, inaugurating two and a half months of...

Sabotaging the German war machine: The destruction of the Romanian oilfields in November 1916

Sabotaging the German war machine: The destruction of the Romanian oilfields in November 1916

by Laurentiu Dologa | Jun 12, 2020 | Romania, World War I in 1918 | 0 Comments

In order to prevent the use of Romanian oil by the Germans in the First World War, the refineries, wells, as well as the installations in the south-east of the country were destroyed in the autumn of 1916 by British engineers, with the consent of a relunctant Romanian...

What did Romania risk and what it had to gain if the war continued in 1918?

What did Romania risk and what it had to gain if the war continued in 1918?

by Ciprian Stoleru | Jun 8, 2020 | Romania, World War I in 1918 | 0 Comments

The decision of the Russian Bolsheviks to conclude peace with the Central Powers exposed Romania to a dramatic situation. Either continue the war alone with the Central Powers, without having the possibility to be resupplied by the Entente, or, as it happened,...

Winston Churchill in 1919: “Of all the forms of tyranny in history, Bolshevik tyranny is the worst, most destructive and degrading”

Winston Churchill in 1919: “Of all the forms of tyranny in history, Bolshevik tyranny is the worst, most destructive and degrading”

by Ciprian Stoleru | Jun 4, 2020 | Russian Empire, Treaty of Versailles | 0 Comments

Winston Churchill, who during the 1919 Paris Peace Conference was the British Secretary of State for War and Air, was one of the few Allied leaders who understood that Lenin and his Bolsheviks were a new phenomenon on the political scene and that, behind the Marxist...

Was Bolshevism a danger to Western countries?

Was Bolshevism a danger to Western countries?

by Ciprian Stoleru | Jun 2, 2020 | Hungary, Russian Empire | 0 Comments

The installation of the Bolsheviks at the helm of Russia in late 1917 would pose a real danger to Eastern European countries, but the virus continued to spread to other European countries. How much of a threat was Bolshevism to the victors of the First World War,...

The Allied Intervention at Archangel and Murmansk in 1918

The Allied Intervention at Archangel and Murmansk in 1918

by admin | May 29, 2020 | Russian Empire, World War I in 1918 | 0 Comments

In 1918 the United States entered the Russian Civil War on the side of the so-called “Whites,” anti-Bolshevik counterrevolutionaries. This essay explores the decision to intervene at Murmansk and then Archangel, the U.S. Navy’s role in the operations, and the ultimate...

The Allied military intervention in Bolshevik Russia

The Allied military intervention in Bolshevik Russia

by Ciprian Stoleru | May 27, 2020 | Russian Empire | 0 Comments

The signing of the armistice in Brest-Litovsk between the Russian Bolsheviks and the Central Powers forced the Allies to intervene militarily in Bolshevik Russia. Although they knew little about the Bolsheviks, the Allies feared that Germany would have access to...

The evacuation of Budapest: The withdrawal of the Romanian army (IV)

The evacuation of Budapest: The withdrawal of the Romanian army (IV)

by Laurentiu Dologa | May 22, 2020 | Hungary, Romania | 0 Comments

General Holban, the military governor of the capital, appeared before the generals of the Inter-Allied Military Mission with the evidence of a military conspiracy directed against the Romanian army, involving even prime minister Friedrich Istvan. General Bandholtz had...

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