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No War, No Peace – Trotsky's Gamble - Week 186

Feb 15, 201810m

The negotiations between the Bolsheviks, the German High Command and Austria-Hungary reach a new low this week 100 years ago. Leon Trotsky is playing for time since the revolutions in Berlin and Vienna are only a matter of time in his opinion. At the same time, the Ukrainians are try to get German aid against the Bolsheviks against Ukrainian grain for the starving German population.

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No War, No Peace – Trotsky's Gamble - Week 186

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