Workers' and Peasants' Red Army - Revision history

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	== References ==		== References ==
			[[Category:Military of socialist countries]]

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Nazi killing of Soviet POWs

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	=== Great Patriotic War ===		=== Great Patriotic War ===
	The Soviet Union produced 16,000 airplanes in 1941, the majority of them after the invasion had begun.<ref name=":0" /> In 1942, the Soviet Union produced 23,000 tanks, 25,000 airplanes, and 34,000 heavy guns.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Francis Randall\|year=1965\|title=Stalin’s Russia\|title-url=https://archive.org/details/stalinsrussiahis0000rand/page/n9/mode/2up\|page=281\|city=[[New York City]]\|publisher=Free Press}}</ref>		The Soviet Union produced 16,000 airplanes in 1941, the majority of them after the invasion had begun.<ref name=":0" /> In 1942, the Soviet Union produced 23,000 tanks, 25,000 airplanes, and 34,000 heavy guns.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Francis Randall\|year=1965\|title=Stalin’s Russia\|title-url=https://archive.org/details/stalinsrussiahis0000rand/page/n9/mode/2up\|page=281\|city=[[New York City]]\|publisher=Free Press}}</ref>

			The Nazis refused to feed Soviet prisoners of war and killed at least 3,289,000 of them, often using poison gas or lethal injection.<ref name=":0223323">{{Citation\|author=Ludo Martens\|year=1996\|title=Another View of Stalin\|chapter=Stalin and the anti-fascist war\|isbn=9782872620814\|publisher=Editions EPO\|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf\|page=225–226}}</ref>

	General [[Andrei Vlasov]] became a Nazi collaborator in 1942 after Germany captured him. He formed the [[Russian Liberation Army]] to fight against the Soviet Union.<ref name=":0223" />		General [[Andrei Vlasov]] became a Nazi collaborator in 1942 after Germany captured him. He formed the [[Russian Liberation Army]] to fight against the Soviet Union.<ref name=":0223" />

Ledlecreeper27: Prewar defense production

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Prewar defense production

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	== History ==		== History ==

			=== Five-Year Plans ===
	The People's Commissar of Defense, [[Kliment Voroshilov]], ended control of political commissars over army leadership in May 1927. In 1930, the army had substantial [[kulak]] influence, and 10% of its officers had served in the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)\|Tsarist]] army before the [[Russian revolution of 1917\|revolution]].<ref name=":0223">{{Citation\|author=Ludo Martens\|year=1996\|title=Another View of Stalin\|chapter=The Great Purge\|isbn=9782872620814\|publisher=Editions EPO\|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf\|page=150–155}}</ref>		The People's Commissar of Defense, [[Kliment Voroshilov]], ended control of political commissars over army leadership in May 1927. In 1930, the army had substantial [[kulak]] influence, and 10% of its officers had served in the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)\|Tsarist]] army before the [[Russian revolution of 1917\|revolution]].<ref name=":0223">{{Citation\|author=Ludo Martens\|year=1996\|title=Another View of Stalin\|chapter=The Great Purge\|isbn=9782872620814\|publisher=Editions EPO\|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf\|page=150–155}}</ref>

	From 1933 to 1940, the Red Army's budget grew from 1.5 billion rubles to 57 billion in preparation for an invasion by [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi Germany]], which eventually came on 22 June 1941. The size of the army increased by 150% between 1939 and 1941.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|newspaper=The Espresso Stalinist\|title=2nd World War\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509163011/https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/2nd-world-war/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509163011/https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/2nd-world-war/\|archive-date=2022-05-09\|retrieved=2022-05-26}}</ref>		From 1933 to 1940, the Red Army's budget grew from 1.5 billion rubles to 57 billion in preparation for an invasion by [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi Germany]], which eventually came on 22 June 1941. The size of the army increased by 150% between 1939 and 1941.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|newspaper=The Espresso Stalinist\|title=2nd World War\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509163011/https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/2nd-world-war/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509163011/https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/2nd-world-war/\|archive-date=2022-05-09\|retrieved=2022-05-26}}</ref>

			From 1930 to 1938, annual production of tanks rose from 740 to 2,271 and planes rose from 860 to 5,500. Defense industry production rose by an additional 39% from 1938 to 1940. Production of T-34 tanks began in 1940, and 1,851 were already complete by the beginning of the German invasion.<ref name=":022332">{{Citation\|author=Ludo Martens\|year=1996\|title=Another View of Stalin\|chapter=Stalin and the anti-fascist war\|isbn=9782872620814\|publisher=Editions EPO\|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf\|page=191–192}}</ref>

	=== Purges ===		=== Purges ===

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Vlasov

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	== History ==		== History ==
	The People's Commissar of Defense, [[Kliment Voroshilov]], ended control of political commissars over army leadership in May 1927. In 1930, the army had substantial [[kulak]] influence, and 10% of its officers had served in the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)\|Tsarist]] army before the [[Russian revolution of 1917\|revolution]].<ref name=":0223">{{Citation\|author=Ludo Martens\|year=1996\|title=Another View of Stalin\|chapter=The Great Purge\|isbn=9782872620814\|publisher=Editions EPO\|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf\|page=~~150–153~~}}</ref>		The People's Commissar of Defense, [[Kliment Voroshilov]], ended control of political commissars over army leadership in May 1927. In 1930, the army had substantial [[kulak]] influence, and 10% of its officers had served in the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)\|Tsarist]] army before the [[Russian revolution of 1917\|revolution]].<ref name=":0223">{{Citation\|author=Ludo Martens\|year=1996\|title=Another View of Stalin\|chapter=The Great Purge\|isbn=9782872620814\|publisher=Editions EPO\|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf\|page=150–155}}</ref>

	From 1933 to 1940, the Red Army's budget grew from 1.5 billion rubles to 57 billion in preparation for an invasion by [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi Germany]], which eventually came on 22 June 1941. The size of the army increased by 150% between 1939 and 1941.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|newspaper=The Espresso Stalinist\|title=2nd World War\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509163011/https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/2nd-world-war/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509163011/https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/2nd-world-war/\|archive-date=2022-05-09\|retrieved=2022-05-26}}</ref>		From 1933 to 1940, the Red Army's budget grew from 1.5 billion rubles to 57 billion in preparation for an invasion by [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi Germany]], which eventually came on 22 June 1941. The size of the army increased by 150% between 1939 and 1941.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|newspaper=The Espresso Stalinist\|title=2nd World War\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509163011/https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/2nd-world-war/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509163011/https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/2nd-world-war/\|archive-date=2022-05-09\|retrieved=2022-05-26}}</ref>
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	=== Great Patriotic War ===		=== Great Patriotic War ===
	The Soviet Union produced 16,000 airplanes in 1941, the majority of them after the invasion had begun.<ref name=":0" /> In 1942, the Soviet Union produced 23,000 tanks, 25,000 airplanes, and 34,000 heavy guns.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Francis Randall\|year=1965\|title=Stalin’s Russia\|title-url=https://archive.org/details/stalinsrussiahis0000rand/page/n9/mode/2up\|page=281\|city=[[New York City]]\|publisher=Free Press}}</ref>		The Soviet Union produced 16,000 airplanes in 1941, the majority of them after the invasion had begun.<ref name=":0" /> In 1942, the Soviet Union produced 23,000 tanks, 25,000 airplanes, and 34,000 heavy guns.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Francis Randall\|year=1965\|title=Stalin’s Russia\|title-url=https://archive.org/details/stalinsrussiahis0000rand/page/n9/mode/2up\|page=281\|city=[[New York City]]\|publisher=Free Press}}</ref>

			General [[Andrei Vlasov]] became a Nazi collaborator in 1942 after Germany captured him. He formed the [[Russian Liberation Army]] to fight against the Soviet Union.<ref name=":0223" />

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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Purges

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	== History ==		== History ==
			The People's Commissar of Defense, [[Kliment Voroshilov]], ended control of political commissars over army leadership in May 1927. In 1930, the army had substantial [[kulak]] influence, and 10% of its officers had served in the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)\|Tsarist]] army before the [[Russian revolution of 1917\|revolution]].<ref name=":0223">{{Citation\|author=Ludo Martens\|year=1996\|title=Another View of Stalin\|chapter=The Great Purge\|isbn=9782872620814\|publisher=Editions EPO\|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf\|page=150–153}}</ref>

	From 1933 to 1940, the Red Army's budget grew from 1.5 billion rubles to 57 billion in preparation for an invasion by [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi Germany]], which eventually came on 22 June 1941. The size of the army increased by 150% between 1939 and 1941.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|newspaper=The Espresso Stalinist\|title=2nd World War\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509163011/https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/2nd-world-war/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509163011/https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/2nd-world-war/\|archive-date=2022-05-09\|retrieved=2022-05-26}}</ref>		From 1933 to 1940, the Red Army's budget grew from 1.5 billion rubles to 57 billion in preparation for an invasion by [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi Germany]], which eventually came on 22 June 1941. The size of the army increased by 150% between 1939 and 1941.<ref name=":0">{{News citation\|newspaper=The Espresso Stalinist\|title=2nd World War\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509163011/https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/2nd-world-war/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509163011/https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/2nd-world-war/\|archive-date=2022-05-09\|retrieved=2022-05-26}}</ref>

			=== Purges ===
			In 1936, the government of [[Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)\|Czechoslovakia]] discovered a pro-[[German Reich (1933–1945)\|German]] conspiracy in the Red Army and notified [[Joseph Stalin\|Stalin]]. The pro-German elements of the army were purged and the political commissar system of the [[Russian Civil War\|Civil War]] was reintroduced. Marshal [[Mikhail Tukhachevsky]] and several commanders were executed in May 1937 for planning to assassinate Stalin.<ref name=":0223" />

	=== Great Patriotic War ===		=== Great Patriotic War ===

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The '''Workers' and Peasants' Red Army''',<ref group="lower-alpha">Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия (РККА)</ref> often shortened to the '''Red Army''', was the army and air force of the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1991)|Russian SFSR]] from 1918 to 1922 and the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] from 1922 to 1946.

== History ==
From 1933 to 1940, the Red Army's budget grew from 1.5 billion rubles to 57 billion in preparation for an invasion by [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Nazi Germany]], which eventually came on 22 June 1941. The size of the army increased by 150% between 1939 and 1941.<ref name=":0">{{News citation|newspaper=The Espresso Stalinist|title=2nd World War|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509163011/https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/2nd-world-war/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509163011/https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/2nd-world-war/|archive-date=2022-05-09|retrieved=2022-05-26}}</ref>

=== Great Patriotic War ===
The Soviet Union produced 16,000 airplanes in 1941, the majority of them after the invasion had begun.<ref name=":0" /> In 1942, the Soviet Union produced 23,000 tanks, 25,000 airplanes, and 34,000 heavy guns.<ref>{{Citation|author=Francis Randall|year=1965|title=Stalin’s Russia|title-url=https://archive.org/details/stalinsrussiahis0000rand/page/n9/mode/2up|page=281|city=[[New York City]]|publisher=Free Press}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==