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Dunsterforce: The Fighting in North-West Persia During 1918
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The start of the Russian Revolution in the Spring of 1917 heralded the decline of Russia as an effective member of the alliance that was fighting the Central Powers who were led by Germany and Turkey. By December of that year revolutionaries had seized power in Russia and had signed a separate peace with the Central Powers at Brest-Livotsk. This...
Russia and the First World War - a talk by Professor Evan Mawdsley
Delegates from both sides around the table during the peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk in December 1917.Image: IWM (Q 86727) Our final branch meeting of 2024 will consider why the Eastern Front is so often a neglected (but important) subject. It will also look at the links between the World War, the 1917 Revolution, and the Russian Civil Wa...
Russia in WW1
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Evan Mawdsley. Evan Mawdsley, was Professor of International History at the University of Glasgow. His teaching and research were concerned mainly with 20th century Russian History and also the History of the Second World War. Evan will present on, and consider why the Eastern Front is so often a neglected subject, despite its obvious importance...