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Versailles #43: Freikorps European Tour

Versailles #43: Freikorps European Tour

FromWhen Diplomacy Fails Podcast


Versailles #43: Freikorps European Tour

FromWhen Diplomacy Fails Podcast

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Mar 6, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Before we delve into the Russian situation, I felt it would be beneficial, and darkly interesting, to examine what was happening in between the lands caught in the middle of the Russian and German crises. The Freikorps - disgruntled, right wing, extremist former soldiers and civilians, was exactly the wrong ingredient to help heal a fractured portion of the continent. Yet, unable to accept that their war was over, and determined to leave a mark upon the region and expand their fatherland, these men launched a campaign of utter ruthlessness for much of 1919. In this episode we examine it, as best as we can, before we set our sights firmly on Bolshevik Russia... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Mar 6, 2019
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