Leadership played a huge role in deciding the fate of any regime, be it the Bolsheviks or the Anti-Bolsheviks, without a good leader, there was disunity, as seen with the whites. The Bolsheviks were extremely lucky in the quality of their leadership, with Lenin and Trotsky. Lenin had led the Bolsheviks to victory in the October revolution. Throughout the Civil war, Lenin provided the motivation and energy for his supporters to lead them into success - this was mainly due to the fact that he had an objective and aim, and so unlike the Whites, who's viewpoints were different in respect but had a similar end goal, where in shambles.
Trotsky was an amazing mastermind and organised everything to perfection, He created the Red Army; discipline and order was a main advantage in the success of the Reds, especially proved as any sign of cowardice meant execution. This was completely what the Whites lacked, some of the divisions did have experienced military commanders, but the other, who were a large majority, were anti-bolshevik farmers in numbers of 10’s, who were powerless against the Cheka.
Their was no one person who was in control of the Whites, unlike Lenin with the Reds. However, there were a …show more content…
The whites did not form a united anti-Bolshevik front allowing the Reds to pick off the whites armies separately and easily, without much resistance. Other major factors such as geographical advantages of the Reds, such as control of railways and factories meant they could move quickly and freely if there was any problem in the countryside with the whites, and so launch surprise attacks on small anti-bolshevik movements. By being able to move the Reds troops quickly and supplies from the factories meant the Reds had a greater infrastructure to move its army and
Trotsky was an amazing mastermind and organised everything to perfection, He created the Red Army; discipline and order was a main advantage in the success of the Reds, especially proved as any sign of cowardice meant execution. This was completely what the Whites lacked, some of the divisions did have experienced military commanders, but the other, who were a large majority, were anti-bolshevik farmers in numbers of 10’s, who were powerless against the Cheka.
Their was no one person who was in control of the Whites, unlike Lenin with the Reds. However, there were a …show more content…
The whites did not form a united anti-Bolshevik front allowing the Reds to pick off the whites armies separately and easily, without much resistance. Other major factors such as geographical advantages of the Reds, such as control of railways and factories meant they could move quickly and freely if there was any problem in the countryside with the whites, and so launch surprise attacks on small anti-bolshevik movements. By being able to move the Reds troops quickly and supplies from the factories meant the Reds had a greater infrastructure to move its army and