crushing defeats on the Russian side. (1-2 million casualties altogether in the war) - Low morale: Because soldiers either died or deserted‚ the injured ones waiting for days with no medical care‚ patriotism collapsed. - No cooperation: The Russian army was a mess. Orders were given‚ then taken back‚ and workers had to toil to produce food at the failing front line. Causes of the February Revolution - Impact of the war on soldiers: 25% soldier desertion rate‚ Tannenberg + Mazurian‚ inadequate
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Introduction The Great Purge was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1934 to 1939. It involved a large-scale purge of the Communist Party and government officials‚ repression of peasants and the Red Army leadership‚ and widespread police surveillance‚ suspicion of "saboteurs"‚ imprisonment‚ and arbitrary executions. 1st Para Scientists‚ Doctors and Engineers‚ were heavily targeted‚ imprisoned and killed. The termination of Russia’s educated during
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massacre‚ but the case was terminated in 2004‚ its findings were classified as top secret‚ and it appeared that the tragedy would once again be subject to "historical amnesia." Discussion The Poles fell as POWs into Soviet hands just after the Soviet Red Army occupied the eastern half of Poland under the terms of two notorious Molotov-Ribbentrop pacts: the Nazi-Soviet agreements signed between the USSR and Nazi Germany in August and September 1939. The crime‚ committed on Stalin’s personal orders at the
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Adolf Hitler & Jozef Stalin were clearly the most notorious men of the 20th Century. Each man impacted history far beyond their mortal lives‚ and as similar as they may seem‚ there were distinct differences between them‚ their politics and their methods. Hitler rose to power legally‚ although very shortly thereafter‚ with the burning down of the German Parliament building‚ the Reichstag‚ he imposed a sort of martial law and his reign of terror could then begin in earnest. His National Socialist
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Hysteria‚ pandemonium‚ chaos‚ words that attempt to describe the state of America during the horrific period known to history as the "Red Scare". A coup of power in American life was recently completed in Senator Joseph McCarthy’s rise to national attention as "judge‚ jury‚ prosecutor‚ castigator‚ and press agent‚ all in one." (Army-McCarthy Hearings) The Wisconsin Republican Senator was successfully trampling the State Department and other federal agencies‚ filling each day’s headlines with new
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In the army there are many uniforms a soldier has to wear. This is for the different activities a soldier does. For everything from their daily Physical Training (PT)‚ their regular working uniform Army Combat Uniform (ACU)‚ or their dress uniform either the Army Service Uniform (ASU)‚ or the Army Green Service Uniform (Class A). Each uniform is design to fit a specific task and to be worn a in certain way. A great resource for either the ASU or the Class A is the “U.S. ARMY UNIFORM GUIDE.” I found
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The Roman army was an awesome force‚ their size and power wouldn’t be matched for over a thousand years after the fall of the Roman Empire. The Romans believed they were the decedents of Mars; Mars was believed to be the god of war. This essentially made all romans the children of the God of war. The Roman army started small just farmers and land owners fighting for what was theirs or trying to take over new land because theirs had become un farmable. This group of framer/citizen warriors over
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to the Caucasus oil wells‚ exacerbating Germany’s fuel crisis and crippling the German army. Finally‚ the Battle of Stalingrad caused many to question Hitler’s leadership‚ dividing the army. The Battle of Stalingrad was a major turning point in World War Two due to the major loss of German manpower and equipment. The combined Axis armies composed of two German‚ two Romanian‚ one Italian and one Hungarian army suffered an estimated loss of 800‚000 men‚ either killed or wounded‚ and 91‚000 troops
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neither nation would attack the other. Unfortunately‚ Hitler broke the pact one and a half years later. On June 22‚ 1941‚ the Nazis army invaded the USSR in a secret operation called Operation Barbarossa. Stalin was taken by surprise. Hitler had planned the attack very well. His plan was to penetrate Soviet lines and get deep in the rear‚ and then encircle the Soviet army. It almost worked. However‚ Hitler continuously changed his mind on where to attack. With his hesitation‚ he lost a big amount of
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was ready for war by 1941‚ due to the size of the army. By 1941‚ there were 5 million red army soldiers enlisted. Coupled with 230 tanks and 700 aircraft being built every month. The Soviet army could be seen as a formidable force. This meant Conscription didn’t have to be brought in‚ and with the large population‚ more troops could be brought in if numbers ever dropped. On the other hand‚ Stalin’s military hand was not strong enough. While the army was impressive‚ it’s leadership was not so much.
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