How were the Allies put in danger by the 1917 Russian Revolution?
1 Answer
In the context of the First World War the Revolution prompted the Armistice between Russia and Germany freeing troops that could be switched to the Western Front.
Explanation:
The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 was pivotal to take out Russia from the war. In particular, the German high command helped Lenin to reach safely Russia to start and lead the revolution. In exchange the new Bolshevik government would have retired Russia from the war.
With this action the German troops fighting on the Eastern Front would be released and sent to fight on the Western Front endangering the position of the Allies.
One of the first effects of this movement of troops, for example, was the attack on the Italian front at Caporetto where Austrian and most importantly German troops broke the Italian front causing a general retreat and the almost collapse of the Italian Army.
