Abstract
November 1918 saw the surrender of Imperial Germany to the Allied Powers and also the first anniversary of the Bolshevik Government in Russia, which, to the surprise of many, friends as well as foes, had survived for several months longer than the Paris Commune. Was there any connection between these two historic events? To some Soviet historians the answer is clear: Germany’s defeat was due mainly or largely to the impact of Bolshevism upon the German armed forces.
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René Marchand, Pourquoi je me suis rallié à la formule de la révolution sociale (1919) p. 24. (Of the two Tsarist generals mentioned, the former was murdered by the Bolsheviks and the latter entered their service.)
M. P. Price, The Origin and Growth of the Russian Soviets (1919), p. 8.
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Pearce, B. (1987). A Soviet Myth. In: How Haig Saved Lenin. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18843-7_1
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