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For over 7 years, the Western Allies sent troops and supplies to the White Russians against the newly established, but still fragile, Bolshevik regime. The Bolsheviks had pulled Russia out of World War I, which was seen as an act of betrayal by the Western Allies who sought to overthrow the communists. However, their efforts failed and only served to strengthen the Bolshevik position, and the whole affair would leave a permanent stain on Soviet-Western relations up until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
(Reuploaded, as the first one had video and audio errors)
For over 7 years, the Western Allies sent troops and supplies to the White Russians against the newly established, but still fragile, Bolshevik regime. The Bolsheviks had pulled Russia out of World War I, which was seen as an act of betrayal by the Western Allies who sought to overthrow the communists. However, their efforts failed and only served to strengthen the Bolshevik position, and the whole affair would leave a permanent stain on Soviet-Western relations up until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
