When they retreated in flight, first the commissar, then the officer were shot. ....Trotsky was commanding during the Civil War from his armored train. He traveled 100,000 kilometers in it over ...

This video is part two of a two part series on War Trains. If you want to get the full history of these titanic engines of war through the Civil War times to the end of World War One you can check ...

The armored train was first seen in the American Civil War, according to The Jamestown Foundation. But the battle-ready form of transportation came to prominence in World War I, when Russia used ...

Lenin negotiated peace with Germany and therefore an end to Russia's role in World War One. However he could ... Trotsky travelled in an armoured train to the front lines to encourage troops.