The American Relief Expedition to Soviet Russia in the Famine of 1921 (2011)

Re:The American Relief Expedition to Soviet Russia in the Fa... by boomboomsubban on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @08:35PM (#16426090)

That's not all the facts, that's proof of my claim they "provided troops and supplies."

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Re:The American Relief Expedition to Soviet Russia in the Fa... by gandhium on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @12:00PM (#16430877)

They've provided troops and supplies to _guard the war materials_.

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Re:The American Relief Expedition to Soviet Russia in the Fa... by boomboomsubban on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @03:13PM (#16432556)

The war materials they were giving to the Whites to help them fight the civil war. This isn't controversial, the US openly backed the Whites in the war.

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Re:The American Relief Expedition to Soviet Russia in the Fa... by gandhium on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @05:26PM (#16433546)

Did you read that Wiki article? War materials were given to support Tsarist Russia in WW1.

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Re:The American Relief Expedition to Soviet Russia in the Fa... by boomboomsubban on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @06:18PM (#16433846)

That was the original reason for sending supplies to Russia and it had been going on for years. This expedition was after the fall of the Tzarists government, after Russia had exited WWI, and started months before the armistice.

And again, this is not all the actions taken by America in the conflict.

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Re:The American Relief Expedition to Soviet Russia in the Fa... by gandhium on Thursday February 22, 2018 @03:32PM (#16441110)

What was the original reason? Sending supplies to Whites when there was no Whites?

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Re:The American Relief Expedition to Soviet Russia in the Fa... by boomboomsubban on Thursday February 22, 2018 @06:13PM (#16442471)

Supplying Tzarists Russia started in like 1914. By the time being discussed, they were supplying the Whites.

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