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| Sep 17, 2016 at 10:38 | comment | added | Astor Florida | I have added a question about how the Czech Legion got home. | |
| Sep 16, 2016 at 15:51 | comment | added | Tom Au | "For much of the time they were more on the offensive than anything else." One is reminded of the remarks made by (Marine) General Oliver P. Smith on his southward movement from the Chosin Reservoir to Hungam in North Korea. "Gentlemen, we are not retreating. We are attacking in another direction." | |
| Sep 16, 2016 at 14:34 | comment | added | Astor Florida | I think while they seemed at times to be on the offense, I think their objective while in Siberia was to get home, not to win the war they were enmeshed in. They were completely surrounded by enemies. This seems like a retreat to me. | |
| Sep 16, 2016 at 11:31 | history | answered | Peter Erwin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |