PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 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-up1411arrow-down123
arrow-up1388arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square95fedilink
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvernlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 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