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Soviet (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, 1939 (lemmy.world)
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[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They were disorganized because Stalin had just murdered the entire command structure of the military.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge

[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

Ah that'll do it