Explain Why the White Armies Despite Allied Intervention Were Unable to win the Civil War

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Explain Why the White Armies Despite Allied Intervention Were Unable to win the Civil War

The most important reason for the failure of the White armies in the Civil War were the divisions in the army. The Whites were a combination of different political groups unified only in their desire to get rid of the Bolsheviks. Therefore, all of these groups had different objectives once the communist regime was defeated and did not agree on how Russia should be run once they had won. For instance, there were many Tsarist groups in the white army, who wanted to bring back the Tsar. However there were also many socialist groups such as the Mensheviks and SR who wanted a similar regime to the Bolshevik government, which therefore produced a big division between these groups. Also, there was little communication between the white armies. For example, Alexander Kolchak, the general who led the white army, set up a government in Siberia, but he had little contact with the forces under control by Anton Denikin, an ex-Tsarist officer who led the white armies in south west Russia. Due to the disagreement between political groups and the lack of the communication between the