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under tremendous pressure from the allies to stay in the war.
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But it is clear
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that when the Bolsheviks seize power in October 1917,
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the Russians are going to get out of the war.
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"Peace, land, and bread"
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is a powerful, powerful slogan for the Russian soldiers.
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It's amazing that the Russian soldiers
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didn't all go back to Vladivostok, or to Kazakhstan,
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or to wherever, that they were able to hold on as long as they did.
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That's going to change things.
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It's at that time that the second event happens.
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That is the Americans come into the war.