Who made up the Red Army and the White Army?
Correspondingly, who made up the White Army?
The White Armies were made up of soldiers from the French, British, Japanese, and US armies and their Russian conscripts. The Russian section of the White Army was led by former czarist officers, and members of the Cadet party, right-wing Mensheviks, and right-wing Socialist revolutionaries.
People also ask, who were the Red Army and White Army?
The two largest combatant groups were the Red Army, fighting for the Bolshevik form of socialism led by Vladimir Lenin, and the loosely allied forces known as the White Army, which included diverse interests favouring political monarchism, economic capitalism and alternative forms of socialism, each with democratic and
The Red Army was the organised military force of the new Soviet regime. It was formed by decree in January 1918. 2. Trotsky was appointed war commissar in March 1918 and played a pivotal role in reorganising, shaping and toughening the Red Army.