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
arrow-up1392arrow-down1external-linkSoviet (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.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square95fedilink
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
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