July+Offensive+Speech

=July Offensive Speeches Should be Posted here=

Leon Trotsky (Mensheviks) People of Russia, the war is a failure! The soilders are refusing to fight because the tsar has sent them to the frontlines with little to no equipment or experience. Infantry is leaving and at this pont we'll have widespread shortages affecting the citizens of Russia. The best thing we could do right now is pull out of the war but the Tsar is refusing to acknowledge the complaints of the people or the military and is to consumed in his own greed. Now is the time for massive reform and it looks like the only way we will be able to do this is if the military and the people unite agaisnt this failing autocracy. Resist the government in any and all ways. We have asked to comprimise but he has done nothing and the only way you can change things is if you support or join the many groups opposing him.

Louise Byrant ( Bolsheviks) The Bolsheviks, as we all know, have gained a major influence recently. Over 2 million men have left the army realizing the war is not good to fight, and this number keeps increasing. We agreed to help fight against Kornilov and were able to gain over 25,000 recruits to defend Petrograd, panicking Kornilov’s troops and making them refuse war. General Krymov has now committed suicide and Kornilov has been arrested and taken into custody. The best thing to do at this point is to continue to convince the rest of the military to also remove themselves from the war and the Russian society’s to unite fully, we must do this as promptly as possible, we cannot wait any longer! Nicholas the II and the whole autocracy are weaker than ever before. Russia has lost too many innocent civilians and soldiers to war and simply to the selfishness of the dictatorship. People of Russia, it is time and equality is near!

Alex Kerensky(Liberals)

We fought hard in the offensive, it was not our fault that we did not succeed. I believe that we were poorly equiped which resulted in the loss. Your fighting skills and tactics were truly outstanding but at the end of the day if you do not have enough weapons and artillery, you will not win. Fellow troops, do not get upset about one loss, you cannot win all the offensives, no one can, but I can tell you this, if you try, if you put everything you have into it, if you truly fight for your country, you will succeed and more importantly, you will WIN. Do not leacve the the army, it is not your fault but mine, I take the blame for the loss of the battle and the loss of our soldiers. I will fight harder everyday to get better funding from the Tsar, funding for more weapons, ammo, medical supplies and food. This will be our time to succeed, I __**GUARANTEE**__ it.

Tsar Nicholas II: I beleive that we have not met all expectaions in the war. Our failure in the war is due to lack of leadership, a poor equipped army, lack of reqruits and lack a advertising for the war. I intend to fix all of these problems and turn the war around in a posative direction. I believe that Russia has the potensial to be great and to win the war. If we could acheive cooperation throughout Russia and achive a larger more equipped army, along with a solid leader we will win the war for Russia. We need to win the war to achieve better living for all of Russia and for a more safe and secure Russia... We can and will win the war for all of Russia.