Stalin purged the red army as well.
That may have contributed to the extremely high number of dead Russians in the big war. 🤗
“Stalin purged the red army as well.”
Yes, on the eve of WW2 he murdered 3/4 of his military commanders and replaced them with political stooges.
I have often wondered how WW2 might have played out if the Soviets had real military commanders instead of Stalin stooges.