How did the Whites expect to win the Russian Civil War if they had no support except for officers, priests, bourgies, and kulaks?
>>16893712The Reds had no support except Jews and urban proles
>>16893712Entente intervention. Once that petered out they were backed into a corner and only fought to stay alive.
>>16893755Workers, peasants, soldiers!
>>16893855Peasants voted SR and hated both sides, but were forcefully recruited by both.They were the people who would just switch sides upon capture while their "comrades" would be summarily executed.
>>16893855Workers were city focused and commiePeasants would go along with whoever had an army in their villageSoldiers were split along ideological linesCan look at Bulgakov's White Guard to see how volatile the situation could be