Army Purges:
- Nearly 50% of officer corps executed or imprisoned (although a quarter were reinstated in the mid 1940's)
- 90% of generals killed in purges (new comissioned officers were inexperienced)
- pace of the purges slowed down by 1938 after Yezhov and Trotsky were eliminated
- Emergency Decree, 1st December 1934:
1. Executions were carried out immediately
2. No defence or prosecution lawyers were allowed at trial
Invasion:
- Russians were told not to provoke the German's as Stalin did not blieve Hitler would attack
- panzers were able to cover 500 miles in 3 weeks (only 60 miles from objectives by mid-July)
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