Extra detail: Foreign relations and the attitudes of foreign powers Flashcards
Where were Canadian, Australian and Italian forces based during the Civil War?
Archangel’sk
Where were Turkish troops active during the Civil War?
Caucasus
When did a Japanese warship arrive at Vladivostok?
Jan 1918
When did a 3 day battle take place at the Archangel’sk front?
Nov 1918
When was Baku occupied by British forces?
Nov 1918
When did Allied forces land in the Black Sea?
Nov 1918
When did German forces arrive in Latvia to oppose the Red Army?
Feb 1919
When was the Bullitt peace mission and what was its purpose?
March 1919, aimed to broker an agreement between Russia and the Allies that would end the Civil War, lift the Allied blockades and allow the Allies to withdraw their troops
Was the Bullitt mission successful?
Yes and no
Lenin agreed to its terms but it was rejected by the Paris conference
When did the Allied governments call off their blockade?
Jan 1920
When were the defeated White armies evacuated by British warships?
March 1920
When were the Polish armies in Ukraine defeated by the Red Army?
June 1920
What was a major problem for the Allied governments during the Civil War?
They often had little accurate or up-to-date knowledge of events
What did the Allied governments have to rely on for information during the Civil War?
Handfuls of individuals who sent snippets of information
These reports were sometimes misleading, wishful thinking, or accurate but not listened to
Why did Lenin offer big concessions to Bullitt?
He was worried about anti-Bolshevik victories and the impact of the Allied blockade of trade and shipping
What raised hopes for the international spread of communism at the first Comintern Congress?
The establishment of soviet-style republics in Hungary and Bavaria
The Russo-Polish War
When were the first conflicts between Polish and Bolshevik forces?
Feb 1919
The Russo-Polish War
When was the end of the Polish-Ukranian war?
June 1919
The Russo-Polish War
When did the Polish-Ukranian alliance between Pilsudski and Symon Petliura start?
April 1920
The Russo-Polish War
When was Kiev occupied by Polish-Ukrainian forces?
May 1920
The Russo-Polish War
When was the evacuation of Polish forces from Kiev?
June 1920
The Russo-Polish War
When were there rapid westward advances by the Red Army?
July 1920
The Russo-Polish War
When was the Red Army driven back from Warsaw after ‘Miracle on the Vistula’?
Aug 1920
The Russo-Polish War
When was the provisional Polish-Russian peace agreement?
Oct 1920
What was Germany’s post-WWI peace treaty and when was it signed?
Treaty of Versailles, 1919
What was Austria’s post-WWI peace treaty and when was it signed?
Treaty of St Germain, 1920
What was Bulgaria’s post-WWI peace treaty and when was it signed?
Treaty of Neuilly, 1920
What was Hungary’s post-WWI peace treaty and when was it signed?
Treaty of Trianon, 1920
What was Turkey’s post-WWI peace treaty and when was it signed?
Treaty of Sevres, 1920
What was one of the major commitments of the Allied Powers in the post-war peace settlement?
The re-creation of an independent Poland
Why was defining the borders of the new Poland so difficult?
Because Russia wasn’t represented at the Paris peace conferences
What did Lenin and the Bolsheviks see Poland as?
A geographical bridge to the West and the route for exporting revolution to Germany and Western Europe
What was the League of Nations?
The international organisation set up by the Paris Peace Conferences which aimed to prevent war and achieve collective security by settling international disputes by negotiation
Trade agreement with Russia authorised by British government
November 1920
