Word: brest
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...central theme of the work is the reaction of the British government to the November Revolution of 1917 which brought the Bolsheviks to control of central Russia. During that winter the British attempted to revitalize the Russian war effort. Following the treaty of Brest-Litovsk they resorted to direct military intervention in order to reestablish an Eastern Front which they thought absolutely necessary for victory. As Ullman points out, these attempts were based on an assumption and a hope...
...government of Premier Pierre Pflimlin, fearing a mass parachute drop on Paris during the May 13, 1958 insurrection in Algeria, placed General Challe in "temporary restraint" at Brest. President de Gaulle assigned him to replace General Raoul Salan as military commander in Algeria...