Why did the Reds win the civil war

Why did the Reds win the civil war? In 1918 a Civil war broke out in Russia. Different historians have different explanations on why the war broke out. Some historians state the reason for the war was the foreign intervention of other countries such as Germany. However others give the Bolsheviks October revolution as the reason for the civil war. There were three main parties fighting in the war. They were the Reds, Whites and the Greens. The Reds were the Bolsheviks. They were fighting to retain the power they seized in the October revolution. The Whites mainly consisted of Tsarists officers and supporters. They were fighting to overthrow the Bolsheviks and to seize power. The Greens were the peasants. They were fighting for land. The Reds were the eventual winners of the civil war. One of the main reasons for the Reds wining the war was because of its strong leadership. In 1918 Lenin made Trotsky Commissar for War. Trotsky was a passionate leader. He had excellent organisational skills. This meant the Red army was very organised and focused. He was also a tough leader. He used to order deserters to be shot so to encourage loyalty. He also employed ex tsarist leaders to train the soldiers and to ensure their loyalty held their family's hostage. Trotsky's presence inspired the soldiers to fight for him. This meant they remained loyal throughout. Trotsky also inserted

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Why did the USA become increasingly involved in Vietnam?

Why did the USA become increasingly involved in Vietnam? As WW2 had ended the USSR's Red Army had taken control of most of Eastern Europe because when they liberated most of Eastern Europe from Nazi Germany, they left most of their troops in the countries. The Red Army was supposed to leave these countries that they had liberated and allow free elections but this ever happened, so mistrust began to build up between communist USSR and Capitalist USA. The Cold War began between these two countries which ended up lasting for decades. In 1949 the American President at the time, Truman created the 'Truman Doctrine' which said that the USA would provide aid, military advice and equipment to any country that was threatened by a communist takeover. Before WW2 Vietnam was a French ruled colony. During WW2 Japan invaded Vietnam, so the Vietnamese citizens formed a resistance group called the 'Viet Mihn' who were led by Ho Chi Mihn. After WW2 had ended and Japan left Vietnam, the French returned to Vietnam looking to invade again and turn it back into a French colony. However a problem arose, the Viet Mihn had fought the Japanese for control of Vietnam all through WW2 and a war broke out between the Viet Mihn and the French. The USA wasn't that interested in this war until China became communist which scared them as the USA believed that it would have a domino effect on the

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Why did the USA become involved in Vietnam?

Why did the USA become involved in Vietnam? Vietnam is a country in South-East Asia which has borders with Cambodia, Laos and China. In the 1880's they were attacked by the French and by 1883 were under the control of the French as were Laos and Cambodia. These countries were known as the French Indochinese Union. In 1885, the Emperor of Vietnam, Han Nghi, started a revolt against the French and by the beginning of the 1900's political parties were formed and they began to demand independence from them. During the Second World War the Japanese took over the French Indochinese Union and although they allowed the French to stay in power, they controlled the country, freely using the roads, railways and airfields. The Japanese were only interested in what Vietnam could provide for them during the war and forced the people to grow food for them. In 1941, a communist resistance group, the Vietminh, were formed by Ho Chi Minh and they fought for independence. During the years of the war, the Vietminh were provided with weapons and supplies by the OSS (the American Office for Strategic Services). In return, they were to attack the Japanese and help rescue American servicemen. After the war, the French again took control and in 1946 they forced the Communists out of the south of the country. There followed a war, known as the Indochinese war, which lasted for eight years,

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Why did the USA become involved in Vietnam in the 1950's and 1960's

Why did the USA become involved in Vietnam in the 1950's and 1960's? In this piece of coursework, I will be stating: Why the USA became involved in Vietnam in the 50's and 60's. I think that the US became involved in Vietnam for a number of reasons. Firstly, because of their fear of communism and the "Domino Theory". It was a superstition. Secondly, because of the growing threat of ruling a country in this way. This is because in communism, people are all seen as equals: there is no unemployment, everybody is given somewhere to live, and things such as healthcare, pensions and education are excellent. The USA might object to this, as in a communist state, there is no unemployment, they would think people are unhappy and are forced to work. They would have also criticized that the Government owns all businesses and houses; they'd think people can't speak freely. Also, there were no differences in class, so the Americans would think that the 'Government' were above its citizens. The US knew that N.Vietnam was allied with other communist countries such as China, and they knew that the communist north wanted to turn the whole country to communism. America could not let this happen as they were opposed to communism in all forms, and feared it could be growing. This is the main reason why Vietnam received American intervention, because of their fear of the "Domino Theory". The

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Why did the USA become involved in Vietnam in the 1950's and 1960's.

Why did the USA become involved in Vietnam in the 1950's and 1960's. The USA became involved in Vietnam for variety reasons, at first the USA was just financially supporting France in their battle against the Vietminh between 1950 and 1951. The USA had many reasons for wanting to help the French, the main reason was though, was to stop communism spreading. This was also known as the "domino theory," this was when countries (like China and North Korea) fell one by one to communism. Acting like Dominoes, if one country was lead to communism It's neighbours would follow. This is what the Americans feared. This idea about the domino theory was backed up by the "Truman Doctrine" this was Americas policy to help free any countries, in other words. Free them from communism. This and the "Marshal Plan," meaning that the USA would give financial aide to those countries fighting communism, this meant that the USA would be heavily supporting France with money. Which they did. When Vietnam was divided (at the 17th parallel) the USA put Diem in charge of South Vietnam. The Americans wanted to use Diem as a "puppet," this meant that behind Diem the Americans could tell him how to control South Vietnam. So in other words the USA had control over South Vietnam. But this did not work out right, he had no support and gave important government positions to family members. So already the

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Why did the USA become involved in Vietnam in the 1950s and 1960s?

Saneeta Mandil 11R Assignment 1 Why did the USA become involved in Vietnam In the 1950s and 1960s? The USA after World War II was the richest most powerful country in the world. The USA was known as one of the two superpowers. The other was the USSR, a communist country. However, the USA's attitude towards communism affected the relationship between the USA and USSR. The USA was a very anti communist country and feared, loathed and despised the USSR. The USA was a capitalist country. Ideas about the "American way", McCarthyism and witch hunting were spread to eliminate Communism. The Truman Doctrine was introduced in 1947 to help any country that was at risk of falling to Communism. This was part of the beginnings of the Cold War with the USSR. In 1949 China became a Communist country. This became extremely significant as that could influence other nearby countries to turn to communism. In September 1945, Ho Chi Minh announced the formation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Unknown to the Vietminh, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin had already decided what would happen to post-war Vietnam at a summit-meeting at Potsdam. It had been agreed that the country would be divided into two, the northern half under the control of the Chinese and the Southern half under the British. As China became a Communist country the USA decided to get involved in the Korean War in

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Why did the USA become involved in Vietnam in the 1950s and 1960s?

Vietnam Coursework; Assignment One, Objective two . Why did the USA become involved in Vietnam in the 1950s and 1960s? The involvement of the USA was not a sudden event; it was a gradual slide into war that began with financial support of the French to regain power of Vietnam. After World War II, the Vietminh were very quick to replace the Japanese in Vietnam, and by September 1945, Ho Chi Minh announced that it was an independent, democratic republic. But the French also wanted to regain power of Vietnam and by March 1946, the French claimed victory over the communist Vietnamese. At this time the USA was not really very interested in who was in power of Vietnam. They were even sympathetic towards the Vietnamese people, who, the US felt, deserved independence after so many years of colonial French reign. During the period from 1946 to 1949, fighting broke out between he French and the Vietnamese Communists, but the French were virtually unaided by the US. But in 1950, what the Americans thought about French rule in Vietnam had totally changed. This was due to the Cold War with the Soviet Union. The USA would give support to any country opposing communism at this time. So this was one of the reasons why the USA became involved in Vietnam. They wanted to contain communism, as they feared it and all that it stood for. Communism was the total opposite to everything that the Land

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Why Did the USA become involved in Vietnam in the 1950s and 1960s

The USA had become involved in Vietnam for a number of reasons. All these reasons will successfully help me answer this question. One of the reasons why the USA had got involved in Vietnam between the 1950's and the 1960's was because of the war in Cold war. All USA wanted to do in Vietnam was to get into the war against the USSR because of there history. They had been very competitive countries. And that wasn't going to stoop over night. The thing that had happened in Korea was that the north and the south got split up; this was split up into communism (North) and Democratic (South). USA and USSR were the 2 big superpowers at this time, this was because they were both really ahead of there rivals, USA was the richest in the world and the USSR was the most powerful, as they had the most people in there country, therefore a stronger army, and was the worlds largest country. The cold war had lasted for 45 years and was carried out by every means of rivalry between the two countries, USA and USSR. They had always been competing to beet each other in things never wanting to lose and bow in shame. For instance there was a lot of money spent on weapons, partly nuclear. USA had first developed the atom bomb, and then the USSR developed it. Next the hydrogen bomb was developed by the USA and the USSA had then developed it themselves, there was once a point where it came to there

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Why the stalemate on the Western Front was finally broken

c) The Following were equally important reasons why the stalemate on the Western Front was finally broken: New technology like the tank, The American entry into the war, The blockading of German ports, The German offensive in March 1918. Explain how far you agree with this statement. All of the reasons suggested above do play a part in why the stalemate on the Western Front was finally broken. New technology was very important for the reason in which the stalemate on the western front was broken. The tank, which was introduced in 1916 into the war, was not a success at first but made a vital impact in a couple of battles, they proved decisive. The main invention, which I think started the stalemate, but ended it, was the machine Gun, it started the stalemate by shooting down all incomers but it also ended it by finishing off all the men. They grenade was also a good invention; grenades were thrown across trenches by either side during the war with great effect. This is a good factor but I do not think that it is the main factor. I think that the American entry into the war was a large factor into the stalemate ending. With America brought men, ammunitions and confidence. They made the war a world war and fort with spite. Many American men died during World War One. With the Americans joining the war, it demoralised the German army. With many more men and munitions

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Why the stalemate on the Western Front was finally broken

The following were equally important reasons why the stalemate on the Western Front was finally broken Modern Technology New technology like the tank is one of the reasons why the Allies won the First World War. Tanks were a British invention, they were invented early on in the war but the war leaders said they were too impractical. But Winston Churchill who was head of the navy said it was a good idea and he agreed to fund it. In 1916 the tanks were used for the first time at the Battle of the Somme. The tanks would advance ahead of the infantry crushing the barbed wire and covering the enemy with machine gun bullets. The Germans army were alarmed by the tank. The British morale soared and they were very confident of a breakthrough. But tanks could only move at a walking pace and they were not very manoeuvrable or reliable. Over half the tanks used broke down before they even got to the German trenches. In 1917 at Cambrai the tank achieved great success, but they were so successful that the tanks advanced through enemy lines too far in front of the infantry. But in 1918 the German army started using armour piercing bullets, which were very lethal against the tank. In 1914 one of the places where every one expected a war to happen was in the air. The newspapers tried to get stories about heroic aces that were flying in the war. Most nations in the war had

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