PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoSoviet (right) and Nazi officers celebrating the joint invasion of Poland as their countries both embarked on a genocide of the Polish people, Brest, modern-day Belarus, 1939lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1415arrow-down123
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minus-squarexor@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI think to an extent part of the reason they were disorganised was as a result of the invasion of Poland though, they suffered disproportionate manpower and equipment losses compared to the Germans
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoThey were disorganized because Stalin had just murdered the entire command structure of the military. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge
I think to an extent part of the reason they were disorganised was as a result of the invasion of Poland though, they suffered disproportionate manpower and equipment losses compared to the Germans
They were disorganized because Stalin had just murdered the entire command structure of the military.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge
Ah that’ll do it