This really isn’t correct. The civil war - as well as the failure of agriculture during the great war was the primary mover. Us forces never moved inland from

This really isn’t correct. The civil war - as well as the failure of agriculture during the great war was the primary mover. Us forces never moved inland from the ports that they were dropping supplies off of. It’s a common meme, but not much more. Other powers the Japanese and the British in particular did more. The American aid was so effective that it propped up the Lenin regime, and got them through the last set of emergencies at the end of the Russian civil wars. It also made Hoover a household name back in the states. Ironically the biggest force both for and against the Bolsheviks was the Germans. The bankrolled the communists - in a way that had direct echoes of present day - then supported the whites and then again signed a absurdly lucrative trade deal that saved Lenin’s ass. Source - Sean mcmeekin- the Russian revolution.