The Great War

Season 5, Episode 7

Episode Title: No War, No Peace – Trotsky's Gamble - Week 186

Air Date: 2018-02-15

Overview:

The negotiations between the Bolsheviks, the German High Command and Austria-Hungary reach a new low this week 100 years ago. Leon Trotsky is playing for time since the revolutions in Berlin and Vienna are only a matter of time in his opinion. At the same time, the Ukrainians are try to get German aid against the Bolsheviks against Ukrainian grain for the starving German population.