The aftermath of the war was a complete an utter devastation when it came to casualties. The Civil War was documented as the deadliest in American History it caused about 620,000 soldiers death and an undetermined amount of civilian causalities; it ended slavery, restored the Union, and strengthened the role of the federal government. General Grant and General Lee were both graduates of West Point. General Lee graduated from West Point in 1829 second in his class and General Grant graduated in 1843 twenty-first in his class. While both great generals started, their military careers the same way the rest of their careers were very different.
Romanov essay Romanov family had ruled Russia since 1613 and under a autocratic government, during the time between 1904-1918 Nicholas the 2nd had ruled taking all the responsibilities of the major collapse of the tsarist regime. There were many contributing factors that lead to the eventual collapse of the Romanov regime. The major events that affected Romanov rule included the many social, economic and political problems. Particular events which also acted as a catalyst for the collapse of the dynasty included the 1905 revolution/Bloody Sunday, the Russo – Japanese war, the October Manifesto, Industrialisation strikes and unrest and ultimately resulting in the outbreak of World War 1. As a result of these combination of factors, WWI was the ‘straw that broke the camels back’ and resulted in the downfall of the tsarist regime in 1917.
This was to prove a costly error as it was obvious that the other men could not trust what Trotsky had promised. The Czech Legion was made up of seasoned soldiers with plenty of fighting experience. They captured the strategic city of Simbirsk and between May 1918 and August 1918, captured so much territory that they controlled the Trans-Siberian railway from Simbirsk to Vladivostok. The Czechs were to prove a serious problem to Trotsky as the Communist military commander in the civil war. His task of defeating the Whites was made a great deal more difficult by the Czechs if he had kept his word and let them move freely out of Russia, this problem would not have occurred.
- Forward looking to golden age of socialism - Inefficient bureaucracy e.g Crimean war and Japanese wars - Soviet bureaucracy highly politicised and more efficient - Repression and terror common under all Tsars but not personalised - Repression more personalised, more directly involved - Agriculture and industry: Tsars aimed to preserve traditional authority - Collective farms and nationalised industries: more forward looking with requisition at times = taking poverty - Pipe`s views: Tsars never so involved in detail - Pipe`s views: Lenin`s grasp of detail - Cult of Tsar? No! there was no successor - Cult of Lenin? A hero of the
In the battle of Tannenburg the loss was very drastic; 30000 men wounded or killed, 95000 captured and 500 guns. This portrays the heavy defeat that Russia and this dropped moral in the army and at home in Russia. This shows the losing of the battle created a growth in opposition against the Tsar due to the public of Russia blaming the Tsar as he commanded the troops to go to war. Peasants felt annoyed and angry and Nicholas. This strengthened the opposition against the Tsar.
The conflict raged for a bloody 8 years with equal losses, atrocities and political blunders definable on both sides. The war itself was fought over a number of reasons, freedom, independence, British brutality yet, the Americans, a side of who had little military strength compared the British war machine were able to succeed in overthrowing British rule and ensue further victory by defeating and out casting colonial forces. Britain’s defeat in America remains, even today, a taint in the History of British military and it is widely
With the city destroyed, the Germans had a slight advantage, but the Russians were still in their own city ,and they still had one major advantage besides that. The Russian cold weather is brutal. The reason General Paulus urged Hitler to not let the Russians retreat to the interior of Russia was because of the winter cold. This is the main factor of the victory for the Red Army. The cold killed off most of Paulus's army which has always been a Russian strategy.
Explain and assess the reasons why the reds won the civil war (12) The first reason was that the whites were spread out all over Russia. This worked to the reds advantage as the whites could not support each other so the reds could just fight a white army one at a time with overwhelming superiority. The reds were also in a central position in Russia so they could control all of the transport links such as rail stations. This meant that the reds could quickly move troops and supplies very quickly to areas where they were needed. Another advantage the reds had was they had the support of the peasants.
The Americans were perhaps lacking in battle experience, but were fresh and described as belligerent – in other words they were spoiling for a fight. And in the opinion of many, this turned the momentum in favor of the Allies. From the point of view of Germany, America’s entrance into the war with 3,000,000 well equipped troops was a huge psychological blow as well. The battle took place over several days in July, 1918, with terrific losses for both sides with America alone suffering 12,000 casualties
These American Troops did so by basically destroying any little hope Germany had of winning this war. They broke the back of the German military. Some numbers to gander upon include.American losses — 48,000 killed in battle, 56,000 lost to disease — seemed small compared to the huge costs paid by other countries. Germany lost 1.8 million people; Russia, 1.7 million; France, 1.4 million; Austria-Hungary, 1.2 million; and Britain, 950,000. “The War to End All Wars,” as it was called, turned out to be just another assessment of humans’ intelligence for killing other humans in large