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On Dec. 17, a Nuer militia known as the White Army announced that it would protect the Nuer population and their cattle from the Murle because the government was not doing enough.
Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis Sudarsan Raghavan 2012
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No "White Army" gathered to restore the lost dominion of the Pahlavis; the privileged classes and the beneficiaries of the old order made their way to Los Angeles and Paris, and infidel armies never showed up.
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His portrayal of other Communists is also unflattering — one is shown as a White Army officer.
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The anti-Communist White Army, which was backed by Western powers, unsuccessfully fought Lenin's Red Army in a civil war from 1917-23.
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The anti-Communist White Army, which was backed by Western powers, unsuccessfully fought Lenin's Red Army in a civil war from 1917-23.
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His portrayal of other Communists is also unflattering — one is shown as a White Army officer.
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The admiral, portrayed in a 2008 Russian film of the same name, led the pro-Czarist White Army against the Bolsheviks after the October revolution of 1917.
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By the 1960s, a reconstituted “White Army” was being folded into a newly established National Guard.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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By the 1960s, a reconstituted “White Army” was being folded into a newly established National Guard.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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Explorers have long been hunting for the treasure, some 1,600 tons of gold allegedly carried by the White Army of Admiral Alexander Kolchak as it fled the advancing Red Army during the 1918-1921 civil war.
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