20th Century

Germany Shipped Lenin to Russia Like a Plague Bacillus

One sealed train car rolls onto a Swiss platform carrying a single passenger, and the telegram that will topple three empires.

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World War IRussian RevolutionSoviet UnionGerman EmpireVladimir LeninMilitary StrategyEastern FrontBolsheviksSwitzerlandDiplomatic History

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