A little bit of everything

1. About the Russian Civil War?
Russian communist leader Leon Trotsky (1879–1940) was a fanatical supporter of Marxism and Darwinism. In the Russian Civil War of 1918–20, he used the force of the Red Army to stamp out whoever he decided were enemies of the Soviet State. He confiscated food from peasants, brutalized the Ukrainian army of insurgent peasants, and killed its guerrilla leader, N. I. Makhno. He inflicted torture and violence against Christians, mercilessly trashed churches, and led the Society of the Godless to get rid of religion.

2. The Versailles Treaty? Why did the Germans dislike it?
The final peace settlement of Paris consisted of 5 separate treaties with the defeated nations-Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey. The Germans were unhappy with Art 231, the so called “War Guilt Clause” which declared Germany and Austria r...