When Vladimir Lenin died in 1924, there were only two people in the Soviet Union who could succeed him: Joseph Stalin, who was secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, and Leon Trotsky, who was a prominent leader in the Bolshevik Revolution and commander of the Red Army during the years of the Russian Civil War. The competition to succeed Lenin was quickly decided in favor of Joseph Stalin, who became the second leader of the Soviet Union. But what if this competition had been decided in favor of Leon Trotsky? What if Trotsky had led the Soviet Union after Lenin and in the period after World War I? What if Trotsky had led the Soviet Union in World War II? Trotsky was a controversial figure and his biography is full of contradictions since his birth in Kherson, Ukraine. His story is characterized by distortion and inaccuracy to the point of deliberately omitting his history from the history of Russia and the Soviet Union. However, the truth is that Trotsky was one of the most prominent reasons for the success of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. He was the iron arm of the communist movement during the civil war and during the first years of the Soviet Union’s life as a leader and founder of the Red Army and Minister of War. Trotsky led the Red Army forces in the Russian Civil War and after it and led the years of the Red Terror in which the Communist Party pursued the enemies of the revolution and advocates of the counter-revolution. He was the man who put forward the idea of ​​continuous revolution, but his rivalry with Joseph Stalin put him in a dangerous position that forced him to exile outside the Soviet Union until he settled in Mexico, where Stalin pursued him and sent those who assassinated him in one of the most fierce and bitter political rivalries in history. This is an episode from the category of alternative history that imagines the possibility of Leon Trotsky replacing Stalin in leading the Soviet Union during the early years of the union’s formation and during the most severe historical episodes for Russia. And all of Europe Prepared and presented by: Ibrahim Al-Jarhi If you like the video, don't forget to subscribe to the channel to watch a new episode every Friday at 10:00 AM Cairo time To subscribe to the channel https://www.youtube.com/c/NestProduct... To join and support the channel / @nestproductions Lists of videos you will like Russia and Ukraine • The Russian-Ukrainian War All the Fuhrer's Men • All the Fuhrer's Men World War II • World War II World War I • World War I Cold War • Cold War Egyptian-Israeli War • Egyptian-Israeli War Historical Figures • Historical Figures Short Story • Short Story Background music in most episodes from this site https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra... Connect with us on Facebook / nestproductions