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Old Testament Libera

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11. Purging the military leadership is a bad idea

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Aug 19, 2025, 03:31 PM

Aug 19

That is what Stalin did in the 1930's and the primary reason why the Nazis ran over the Red Army for 18 months. Lucky for Russia, it had thousands of miles and millions of lives to sacrifice while they re-learned how to run an Army.

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