Inspired by the 'Most evil' topic in the Leaders section, I thought we could discuss the whole 'Whites vs Reds' conflict. And to start us off, a controversial statement - The Communists were bound to win, as the 'white' forces were too disorganised, too disparate in their aims, and had very bad lines of supply for logistics. The 'Reds' were united in cause, and had great internal lines of communication, plus decent rail links within their territory. Provided they survived the initial 'White' attack, they were certain winners...
I'm not sure, but wasn't there a time in the civil war where it seemed that the whites were clearely winning. The communists had lost Siberia(among others due to the czech legion), japanese, american, british and french troops landed to support the whites. Also hadn't most officers chosen the white side? And then there were also the poles that even occupied Kiev in 1920. With all this I wouldn't say that the reds were sure to win.
The Reds had a unified command, they controlled the cities (and whatever means of communication there were-as well as the media) more importantly, the cities they held had rather substantial arms producing plants and shipyards-and were the termini for their main railway lines..
