Trotsky and the Reds - The Battle of Petrograd

With denikans moscow directive pushing up a huge array of forces from the south, the northwestern army advanced toward petrograd. Trotsky arrived in the city on october seventeenth and took over leadership from zenovie,. He had very much enjoyed his time as party boss of petrograd, and was among those communist party officials living extraordinarily high on the hog as he enjoyed the fruits of revolutionary victory. Though as we'll see in a bit, the allies are souring mightily on them too, and they will soon be looking to quit the russian adventure gether still.