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So after Germany surrendered in 1918 an army was set up to fight for German interests in the Baltic states. They fought the Reds, the Whites and the independence movements for 7 months
Any good stories or bizarre characters I should know from this?
Why have I never heard of this? Is it just overshadowed by the other great stories from the Russian Civil War such as the Mad Baron?
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>Any good stories or bizarre characters I should know from this?
The way it divided itself was sort of bizzare, after the Battle of Cēsis, the commander Alfred Fletcher then defected with German soldiers of the BalticLanddeswehr to join P. Bermondt-Avalov's army, while Anatoly Lieven with the Russian troops defected to Narva and joined the Russian White Army. Germans in Bermondt's army were later beaten in the Lithuanian war of independence and were sent back to East Prussia.
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>>3015334
Oh cool. Do you know why these soldiers weren't taken prisoner? Because it wasn't as if Estonia was over stretched at this point, they then wen't on expeditionary campaigns fighting on Russian soil
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>>3015373
The Entente was constantly intervening in the independence wars, one of them stating that German forces are to leave Latvia, so taking prisoners was a no-no. This is also why the German troops commanded by Bermont were sent back to East Prussia after losing to Lithuania, Entente intervened and demanded a treaty.
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>>3015772
The Entente was fucking retarded when it came to the Independence/Kinship Wars. Especially the Brits seemed to think imperial restoration was constantly around the corner in Russia, so these shitholes didn't deserve independence.
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>>3016273
It really was a huge shitshow. They even armed the Reds sometimes
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