Red Army soldiers man the artillery. The Red Army faced the problem of creating a competent and reliable officers' corps, leading Trotsky to mobilize former officers of the imperial army.

Trotsky created the Red Army out of the Red Guards and from the remnants of the old Tsarist army. Appointing ex-Tsarist officers was questioned, but Trotsky insisted they would bring expertise ...

Daniela Klette, 66, was part of the radical anti-capitalist group also known as the Red Army Faction ... a former SS officer. Though the so-called German Autumn of 1977 marked the beginning ...