The Red Army was a Force Like No Other (The Deadliest Army Ever?)
Between 1918 and 1942, Russia’s army was torn down and rebuilt four times. Here's What You Need To Remember: The Red Army had an unbelievable capacity for pain. In the first six months of Operation Barbarossa, the army was completely destroyed. Yet it managed to rebuild, and went on to defeat the most formidable war machine of that era. What do you do when your army is destroyed, over and over again? For Russia in the mid-twentieth century, the best answer was “build a new army.” Between 1918 and 1942, Russia’s army was torn down and rebuilt four times: once at the end of World War I...