Stalin’s Purge of the Red Army and Its Effects on the WW2 Eastern Front

Did the Purge have a massive impact on the Red Army's ability to fight WW2? Historians continue to argue, and the answer may not be as clear cut as previously thought.

Military History Visualized's video on the Purges https://youtu.be/AiA8dKNcjjk

Thomas Ricks' video “Why our Generals Were More Successful in World War II” https://youtu.be/OehvY94N-WA

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Biography -

Books:
Getty, J. Manning, R. Stalinist Terror: New Perspectives. University of Cambridge, 1993.
Guderian, H. Panzer Leader. Penguin Classics, 2000.
Hill, A. The Red Army and the Second World War. Kindle, 2017.
Liedtke, G. Enduring the Whirlwind: The German Army and the Russo-German War 1941-1943. Helion & Company, 2016.
Manstein, E. Lost Victories. Zenith Press, 1982.
Overy, R. Russia’s War. Penguin Books, 1999.
Ricks, T. The Generals: American Military Command From World War II to Today. Kindle, Penguin Group, 2013.
Service, R. Stalin: A Biography. Pan Books, 2010.
Unger, D and Unger, I. George Marshall : A Biography. Kindle.

Articles:
Philips, J. The Soviet Military 1936-1945: Devastation to Victory. British Conference of Undergraduate Research. http://bcur.org/journals/index.php/Diffusion/article/viewFile/75/60

Websites:
The British Army Website. Join as an Officer. http://www.army.mod.uk/join/Join-as-an-Officer.aspx . Accessed 27/08/17.

The US Army Website. U.S. Army Officer Program.
https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/become-an-officer/army-officer-faqs.html

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