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The Documentary

The Red and the White

The Red and the White: Intervention

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia

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In 1918 thousands of foreign troops were ordered to Russia in the Allied Intervention. Lucy Ash tells the story of this little known and ill-fated adventure in the Russian Arctic. Show more

The Documentary

The Red and the White

The Red and the White: Britain’s Arctic Prison

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

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When Allied soldiers went to Russia near the end of World War One, they did not expect to fight the Bolsheviks, yet they opened the first concentration camp on Russian soil. Show more

The Documentary

The Red and the White

The Red and the White: Retribution

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

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After the foreign intervention troops sailed home the White forces were left to face the Bolsheviks. Countless numbers were slaughtered in one of the world's bloodiest civil wars. Show more