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"The Red Army Is the Strongest", [a] popularly known by its incipit "White Army, Black Baron", [b] is a Soviet march song written by Pavel Gorinshtein and composed by Samuel Pokrass. Written in 1920, during the Russian Civil War , the song was meant as a combat anthem for the Red Army .
Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Врангель, pronounced [ˈpʲɵtr nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ˈvranɡʲɪlʲ]; German: Peter von Wrangel; August 27 [O.S. August 15] 1878 – 25 April 1928), also known by his nickname the Black Baron, was a Russian military officer of Baltic German origin in the Imperial Russian Army.
In 1920, during the Russian Civil War, he and the poet P. Grigoryev wrote fighting songs for the Red Army, including "White Army, Black Baron". That song's melody was used for the song "Die Arbeiter von Wien" ("The Workers of Vienna") in Red Vienna.
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (German: [ˈmanfreːt fɔn ˈʁɪçthoːfn̩]; 2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), colloquially known in English as Baron von Richthofen or more commonly the Red Baron, was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I.
"White Army, Black Baron" was written as a combat hymn for the Red Army of Russia in 1920, while "Erika" was sung by the German army during World War II.
Manfred von Richthofen was born on 24 May 1855 in Gut Barzdorf, Silesia (now Bartoszówek, Poland). [3] He entered the Imperial German Army in 1874 as an Ensign in the 4th (Westphalian) Cuirassier Regiment.
The strength of the White Armies fighting against the Red Army, according to intelligence estimates, by June 1919 was about 683,000. ... White Army, Black Baron ...
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