@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.worldimagemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1406arrow-down121
arrow-up1385arrow-down1imageSoviet (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.world@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square95fedilink
minus-square@DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish2•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