[KC Burke]

Be sure to read the whole story at the link as it is a good article about a little known event in history.

I have been reading Sean McMeekin's "The Russian Revolution" which I will discuss on a later thread. During that good read I come across an event that is truly a great niche event in History. The Czech Legion and their battles across Russia during the end of WWI and the middles stages of the Russian Revolution.

Wow,The Ten Thousand of Greek history have nothing on the early 20th century Czechs.

Xenphon telling in Anabasis the March of the Ten Thousand in support of Cyrus the Younger after being stranded in Persia and forced to campaign across Asia Minor is one of the great epics of early history and this story of the Czechs is even greater.

The are many links and articles on the web including the one I posted to start Memorial Day discussion of brave heroes, but the link above I liked the best.

[KC Burke]

Here is one that I stumbled across.

[Tax-chick]

I think I ran across this story in “Military History” magazine years ago. It’s covered in various books about World War I, including Sir Martin Gilbert’s massive volume, or the Bolshevik Revolution, but there doesn’t seem to be a good book available in English about the Czech Legion specifically.

[Bigg Red]

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[BBell]

Good post! I like trains!

[BBell]

So widely held was the belief that the Legion escaped with a haul of the late Tsar’s treasure that when the Soviets liberated Eastern Europe at the end of World War Two, Red Army troops raided its vaults, sending much of the gold reserves there to Moscow.

Commies never forgive and forget.

[Texas Fossil]

I’m double connected to this in a way.

1. My Mother’s grandparents came to the US via Finland. I think they were on an island in the bay between Sweden and Finland. Before they could leave her grandfather had to serve in the White Russian Army. I don’t know the years.

2. My father was Patton’s 3rd and Patch’s 7th Armies during WWII. Toward the end of the War, he was stationed around Bad Tolz, Tegernsee, Bad Wiesee near the CZ border. The SS Casserne at Bad Tolz evacuated the base to prevent the allies from destroying the Town, Base and Hospital. My father was 20 miles into CZ when they were ordered to halt and let the Russians take Prague.

Your article mentioned the Russians in WWII taking the gold in Prague back to Russia. My father did not know that happened.

More connection that is unexplained.

[mosesdapoet]

We post WWI the US Army also had units supporting the “White Russians” which also wound up in Valdivostok. There was an accounting of this reported in The American Legion Magazine.

[Reily]

The article also leaves out the fact that theY traded the most effective White Leader Admiral Kolchak to the Reds for permission to leave. A definite stain on their story!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kolchak

A very good film! Comes across in the film as a tragic hero.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Admiral_(2008_film)

[freds6girlies]

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