parts of the story and one we haven't mentioned yet was the roll of the purges in affecting the red army's preparations for war. stalin superintended much of the partnership and the enormous role the germans played in training the new elite army. almost every corps and divisional officer had been trained by a german officer in 1937. he same suspicious and paranoid that all of these officers with their connections to germany might not prove loyal in the even of war. this is one of the reasons that the purge is unfolded in the late 1930s and decimated the red army. about 11% of the officer corps being removed, many shot, thrown in prison. many of those individuals were once who not only trained alongside the german but understood their playbook. driven vehicles together, threw new year's parties new them well. the decapitation of the red army as a result was disastrous. it showed immediately in the winter war when the red army performed so badly. i think that was another critical factor in the lack of soviet preparation and the boor response. both the expangs of the red army in 1939 and 1941

largest trading partner by 1931 and almost every major german firm would received contracts from the red army to build weapons or modernize or build factories more than 255 german firms in total. most of these contracts were in fact mediated by the german army who set up their own secret office in moscow known as moscow center to serve as a negotiating hub for german firms interested in relocating band operations to the soviet union. to give some sense of how significant this effort was in the overall development of soviet military industry by 1940 more than half of all soviet tank production was dependent on german built designed or managed factories. as corporate projects took off. german military leadership also sought to expand direct military to military cooperation. the first of these arrangements centered on salvaging germany's air power in 1923 general von zaik began dispatching german pilots to a soviet air pace in and leapiesk in south central russia. there they trained soviet cadets on basic flight technique. in 1925 the germans acquired this entire base on a lease from the soviet

you say something red armies. it's okay to lose them. it's not a pity.y have nothing to lose, that i'm poured with yours. here i will do it. and we have a war going on. maybe you heard from you in the crimea they explained me, okay, senior lieutenant. don't scare me. you will see us attack like this. what attack? captain, pray that your elite will sit in his trench and didn’t crap underpants, when did the german trample on us? well, it's different when i contact the division commander now. sorry to show our place on the defensive. vsky is enough for the rest of his life, understand? who did it? well, will you fight? it's good for salut, but the german will trample. what to do? will you? elite okay, how will you instruct your people yourself or yeah then? let me dasha cadets? your line of defense is in this trench right here. perhaps the german will come at us, perhaps not. the main thing is not to lose vigilance from my fire team opens from the trench not to stick out, whoever sees the enemy first in a chain, a message is transmitted in a chain, come on.

the red army defeated the quinton army in just 10 days. on august the 19th its commander in chief auto yamato complied with the soviet high commands ultimatum on immediate and unconditional surrender. he handed his sword to a soviet officer and other generals followed suit. ah, after the start of the red armies military operation, the unit $731.10 were completely liquidated. as per my orders, the soviet army, swift advanced, deprived us of the possibility of employing a biological weapon against the u. s. as or, or other countries tribunal transcript commander in chief of the japanese quinton abbey, yamato auto g o. e. she was in a hurry. the red army was advancing too quickly and he didn't want to be captured by russians. prisoners were killed and their bodies destroyed. personnel and valuables were relocated. anything they had to leave behind was burned. most of the facilities were blown up. on august the 19th, 1945, the 1st soviet troops entered the city of hobbin. mm . ah, the 731 camp had already been blown up and all the most importa

after the started the red armies military operation, the unit $731.10 were completely liquidated. as per my old of the soviet armies, swift advanced, deprived us of the possibility of employing a biological weapon against the u. s. as or, or other countries tribunal transcript commander in chief of the japanese clinton abbey yamato autism. general e. she was in a hurry. the red army was advancing too quickly and he didn't want to be captured by russians. prisoners were killed and their bodies destroyed. personnel and valuables were relocated. anything they had to leave behind was burned. most of the facilities were blown up. on august the 19th 1945, the 1st soviet troops entered the city of hobbin. mm ah, the 731 camp had already been blown up and all the most important materials removed . but there was still traces of their crimes. soviet troops found ample evidence of the biological warfare units, activities. several unit 731 personnel were captured along with the quantum army commander in chief and senior military medical service officers. meanwhile, general is he made contact w

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. >> it was the only time the red army had been defeated in its history. >> it is only a month into putin's invaiks of ukraine, and already what was supposed to be a cake walk has turned into a bloody slog. >> putin is in probably even a tougher box than the soviets then. >> a tougher box, how. >> his economy ising being destroyed. >> you have to look at this and see russian power being destroyed, you know, both militarily and economically. >> the soviets are in afghan stand for ten years, is that the kind of tim frame we're looking at for ukraine? >> i think the time frame is shorter but i don't see how russia takes the pain over a sustained period of time. >> putin has been unable to achieve his initial goal of seizing the capitol of kyiv and overthrowing the zelenskyy government, although he is expected to regroup and try again. >> when people talk about putin doubling down, what can he double down with. >> he has really doubled down on the population, destruction strategy, the scorched earth strategy, that is really all he has got left. >> if putin succeeds in seizing kyiv and installin

; it was erected in 1949 at the site of the death of 620 red army soldiers of the first ukrainian frontes about the holiday of liberation from sovietism while the sobelist was knocked down. a five-pointed star with a hammer and sickle, and then the monument was completely destroyed to thunderous applause. president duda complained to baidun poles about the difficult historical past know what russian imperialism means. what does the attack of the russian army mean, because our grandfathers and great-grandfathers survived it, but before september 1, 1939, when world war ii began with a provocation in europe with the nazis, official warsaw had full consent more and became the first state on the continent to conclude an agreement with hitler and czechoslovakia under the munich agreement, germany divided together with poland, poland took its piece of czechoslovakia in the tishinsky region. for which they outlined received the nickname of the european hyena, now biden, stroking the polish president on the arm warsaw buys $6 billion worth of weapons in the us in the first place. this is a batc

a red army shooter with a rifle and another with a papyrus pistol commander arrest the experience experiencedat night years later helped him so convincingly play the scenes of the arrests of his heroes. hiding who the whole militia of the soviet union can look for me, never once a wife, i had to live in front of the camera lens again and again what i had long wanted to forget. and then in the thirty-eighth it seemed to him that this was the end. this was the biggest fear, from which i immediately fell asleep, lay down on the bed, fell asleep and woke up. only when my wife woke me up and says, get up. you need to go, asked the investigator. you probably need him things, he needs to collect. and to which he told her that you know, well, if everything is in order, then in a few days he will return to you back to which she wisely presciently said that whoever comes to you does not quickly return after the trial and sentence twenty-three-year-old georgy zhenov himself asks his young wife, actress evgenia ticks, not to break her life and file for divorce, she understands her wives home. he may not

over the following decade, some 15,000 soviet red army soldiers would die there.treat led to the collapse of the soviet union. today, the death toll of russian troops in ukraine could already match those killed over ten years in afghanistan. 498 dead in the first week of war, according to russia's defense ministry. and despite no update since, nato officials say after a month of fighting, the russian death toll is now as many as 15,000. across dozens of russian cities, more than 15,000 people have been arrested for protesting the war. recently, anxious parents of troops have begun showing up. putin's achilles heel is the perception soldiers are dying unnecessarily. it's why his reporting laws swamp russia with kremlin propaganda, and it's request are the ukrainian military shows off battlefield gains, liking knock out russian tanks or captured russian soldiers because they know bad press back home is what got the red army out of afghanistan. what sunk for the soviets in the '80s was the afghans' determination to fight for their homeland and that the united states

they know what pressure back home got the red army out of afghanistan.hat sucked for the soviets in the '80s bass the afghan's determination to fight for the homeland and that the united states provided them with stinger surface-to-air missiles. this turned the tide of the war. russian helicopters were easy prey. they lost air superiority and with it the will to endure high casualties and anger back home. two years after an ignominious pullout. it empowered the ailing soviet decade and communist rule collapsed. afghan parallels with war in ukraine are clear. like the afghans, the ukrainians are ferociously battling to save their homeland against moscow's army. the u.s. is supplying the afghan army with stinger missiles with success. they're making it that way and they're being very smart how they're marshalling and using their resources. >> javelin missiles are helping keep putin's army at bay. russia's enemy, if not russia, have learned the lessons of afghan war. no one yet predicting the collapse of putin's power. nic robertson, cnn, brussels. >>> and

over the following decade some 15,000 soviet red army soldiers would die there.nd eventual retreat led to the collapse of the soviet union. today the death toll of russian troops in ukraine could already match those killed over ten years in afghanistan. 498 dead in the first week of war according to russia's defense ministry. and despite no updates since nato officials say after a month of fighting, the russian death toll is now as many as 15,000. across dozens of russian cities more than 15,000 people have been arrested for protesting the war. recently anxious parents of troops have begun showing up. putin's achilles' heel is the perception soldiers are dying unnecessarily. it's why his tighter reporting laws have swamped russia with kremlin propaganda and why the ukra ministry shows off because they know bad press back home is what got the red army out of afghanistan. what sunk for the soviets in the '80s was the afghan's determination to fight for their homeland and that the united states supplied the afghan fighters with surface stinger to air missiles. the s

over the following decade, some 15,000 soviet red army soldiers would die there.nd eventual retreat led to the collapse of the soviet union. today, the death toll of russian troops in ukraine could already match those killed over ten years in afghanistan. 498 dead in the first week of war according to russia's defense ministry and despite no update since, nato officials say after a month of fighting, the russian death toll is now as many as 15,000. across dozens of russian cities, more than 15,000 people have been arrested for protesting the war. recently, anxious parents of troops have begun showing up. putin's achilles heel is the perception soldiers are dying unnecessarily. it's why his tightened reporting laws swamped russia with kremlin prop began did did a and it's why the ukrainian military shows off battlefield gains, like knocking out russian tanks or captured russian soldiers because they know bad press back home is what got the red army out of afghanistan. what sucked for the soviets in the '80s was the afghans' determination to fight for their homeland