Red Army

is." "You 're one of those Red Army folks, aren 't you?" I dragged my gaze away from the brightly colored band-aids to Atlas ' face. "Red Army? Is that what they 're calling it nowadays?" Before it had been the Red Vigilantes or the Red Devils, but the Red Army did have a certain ring to it. Rook would like it, anyway. "That going to be a problem?" I asked. It was hard to tell where people stood sometimes. Most of the Lower Society sided with Rook and his "Red Army," as they were calling it,

The date is August 15, 1942. 19 year old Alexei Petrov has been on edge for the last two days as German forces continue to siege the city of Stalingrad. Alexei and 100,000 other soldiers of the Red Army are tasked with the arduous mission of defending the city at all costs. Joseph Stalin has ordered a no retreat policy, and made it clear that it is paramount to win the siege of Stalingrad. It has been a year and a few months since the Germans invaded the Soviet Union and it seems as though nothing

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The Red Army Right after the October 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, an army was established and took the official name of “Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army” (It was only renamed "Soviet Army" in 1946). The Red army was absolutely essential for the Communists to stop several coalition armies attacking the new Communist regime. During WW I, a huge Imperial Russian army (estimated at 19 million soldiers and officers representing over 15% of the Russian population) had been fighting Germany on the Eastern

In both “1984” and Red Army documentary there is a clear theme followed throughout. Abuse from a higher power can occur at anytime both mental and physical. Abuse can cause great deals of pain on a person persuading them to do opposite of the initial intentions. Physical abuse plays a huge roll in “1984” and Red Army documentary. Its back to the 1980’s where the novel takes place. Everyone is forced to be the exact same as one another. The same clothing is worn, the same things are said, and everything

2 February 1943. Significantly, it was the first catastrophic defeat to befall the Wermacht Army who not only lost the battle but were severely humiliated. Indeed, the German Army never fully recovered from this blow to its morale. Upwards of 270,000 troops were killed and 91,000 prisoners were taken by the Red Army; included in this latter number were 23 German Generals. Conversely, morale in the Red Army soared as a consequence of Stalingrad giving the Russians increased strength and confidence

War, began on 30 November 1939 when the Soviet Union invaded Finland. The objectives of the Red Army were simply, conquer and subjugate all of Finland and re-establish the borders that existed prior to the First World War. The Soviet Union held the advantage in manpower, equipment, and resources, but the Finnish Army inflicted casualties on the Red Army that far exceeded their own. Not a single Red Army unit reached its initial objectives and Stalin was forced to come to the negotiation table and

morning of June 22, 1941, three German army groups, consisting of over three million soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks, attacked across the frontier into Soviet territory. The front covered nearly two thousand miles and took the Red Army almost entirely by surprise. Adolf Hitler titled the invasion “Operation Barbarossa”, and it was the critical turning point of the Second World War. The goal of Hitler’s Directive Number 21 was to destroy the Red Army’s fighting capabilities in the

Why the Bolsheviks Won the Civil War The Russian Civil War raged from 1918 until the start of 1921. During this time the Bolsheviks faced massive opposition to their rule in the form of the White Armies, led by the former officers of the Tsarist state, and also from intervention by the forces of foreign countries. The Bolsheviks were surrounded, and often outnumbered by their opponents, and had no experienced military commanders. At times, their situation seemed

this essay I will explain Leon Trotsky's contribution to the success of the Bolsheviks. I will consider a number of reasons including his organisation of the revolution, his actions on the 6th - 8th November 1917, public speaking, The Red Army & civil war, and the Kronstadt uprising. I will finish with a clear, concise, conclusion. Leon Trotsky was born in 1879 in a remote part of southern Ukraine. He was the son of a Jewish farmer and was educated ant Odessa University.