To: MuttTheHoople
For a good read on the NCO/officer setup in the old Soviet Army (and, for all I know, continues on in the Russian Army), read "The Liberators" and "Inside the Soviet Army" by Viktor Suvorov ... really great stuff.
7 posted on
09/07/2023 4:15:36 PM PDT by
BlueLancer
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To: BlueLancer
Didn’t read it, but I’m pretty sure that any Red Army soldier that survived three years fighting the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS was going to be a total, complete utter badass.
25 posted on
09/07/2023 10:23:23 PM PDT by
MuttTheHoople
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