It was July 6th, 1918, the dull cold hung in the air. The people of Vladivostok sat in their houses and ate breakfast, when the Czech Legion broke the garrison. Bullets rang out, but in a few hours, the Czech’s seized the port city of Vladivostok. Declaring it an Allied Protectorate. All though little is known about this extraordinary unit, its journey across Eurasia had a profound effect on history, which continue to echo into the modern day. The sounds of the bullets that had just been fired hung in the air as people tried to make sense of the events that had just conspired. Somehow, the Czech Company, had crossed Russia into the far east. And now occupied the Russian Port of Vladivostok, with their tons of gold. But their occupation was not the amazing part, as in this case, it truly was the journey that was amazing. The Czechs began their 900