the head of the italian military mission, general graziolini, who was present at the great russian maneuvers his leadership: the red army is organized and equipped according to modern standards. deputy chief of staff of the french army, general loiseau, noted. “i saw a powerful, serious army of very high quality in technical and moral terms. and even hitler’s general gudarian noted how professionally combat groups acted, striking against the flanks and rear, paralyzing the enemy at the same time to the entire depth of his defense. panomarenko’s mention of trained partisan cadres." as a result of the repressions of the late thirties partisan cadres suffered irreparable losses. many employees of the general staff, the nkvd, and regional committee secretaries who were preparing for the partisan war were repressed through false denunciations. partisan detachments and groups were disbanded from partisan schools; only those partisan cadres who fought in spain managed to escape repression: arthur sproges, stanislav vapshasov, ilya starinov and others, but a doomsayer hung over them. from the person