Purges of the Red Army (1 Okt 1940 Jahr – 1 Feb 1942 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

The purge of the Red Army resulted in a number of generals being expelled from the party and executed. This mainly affected higher-ups, especially in the Navy. This removed nearly 8% of the armed forces, and led to the German invasion of the USSR (as Hitler believed that the purge would make the forces incapable of resisting).