EPISODE · Apr 16, 2017 · 32 MIN
Episode 188-The Great War, Brest-Litovsk and Lenin's Retreat
from The History of WWII Podcast · host Ray Harris Jr
Lenin's Bolsheviks pull Russia out of the Great with the Brest Litovsk Treaty, but the Imperial German Army keeps advancing towards Petrograd, because there is no Russia army to stop them. Lenin orders a retreat to Russia's ancient capital, Moscow. Meanwhile, Stalin is given the task of feeding Petrograd and Moscow and will do anything to succeed, to further make Trotsky look weak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Lenin's Bolsheviks pull Russia out of the Great with the Brest Litovsk Treaty, but the Imperial German Army keeps advancing towards Petrograd, because there is no Russia army to stop them. Lenin orders a retreat to Russia's ancient capital, Moscow. Meanwhile, Stalin is given the task of feeding Petrograd and Moscow and will do anything to succeed, to further make Trotsky look weak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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