From the Archives, this is a Police Document and briefly describes the role of so-called Red Army during the Kapp Putsch, in ...

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 ...