Turkey go for a Stroll with the Kurds in Northern Iraq

Below: Jabar Yawar being interviewed

The Turkish forces crossed into an area near the border with Iran, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of the city of Irbil, said Jabar Yawar, a spokesman for Kurdistan’s Peshmerga security forces. Jamal Abdullah, a spokesman for the regional Kurdistan government, said about 300 Turkish troops crossed the border at 3 a.m. (0000GMT). He described the region as a deserted mountainous frontier area. Must have nice women there

Above: Kurdish army on the march

Finnish Civil War (CIVIL WAR OF FINLAND - 1918)

Above: Map showing the border between Finland and Russia

In 1917 the rule of the Tsars came to an end in Russia. With the Bolsheviks coming to power there, Finland became tensed. The middle class apprehended the fear of socialist rule while the workers of Finland took this opportunity to break out into a general strike on 14th November 1917. It was so successful that within two days they gained control of nearly most of the country.

Above: White Guard Firing Squad, executing Red Guard supporter at Varkaus (1918)

RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR (1918-1920)

Above: Map during the Civil War of Russia

A division arose between the Bolsheviks or Communists and the Left Socialist Revolutionaries over the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, in which Russia had made sizeable land concessions to Germany. The LSR left the coalition. There were two main groups opposed to Lenin.

Above: Picture of the White Army

The non-Bolshevik left was annoyed with Lenin for having dissolved the Constituent Assembly and the White Rightists had their own grievances to grudge. The latter’s main strength was its army of volunteers stationed in the Kuban Steppes. The group had suffered greatly, was reduced in numbers but under General Denikin was still an efficient force to contend with.

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