One of the major improvements to the Soviet armed forces that came out of the Winter War was the replacement of Kliment Voroshilov by Semyon Timoshenko as People’s Commissar for Defence. Voroshilov had helped Stalin carry out the Great Purge by denouncing some of his military colleagues, and (as I recall) he reversed some of the army reforms that his predecessors had carried out. He also bungled the opening phases of the Winter War, and was eventually turfed out in favour of the more competent Timoshenko. After the Soviets won in Finland, Timoshenko set about modernizing the Red Army.
India in World War 2
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What are your thoughts on the Indian armies which fought for Japan and Britain?
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Well they did well with the British, didn’t seem to help the Jap’s that much though. Their huge population also helped.
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@Dylan:
Well they did well with the British, didn’t seem to help the Jap’s that much though. Their huge population also helped.
True, India had the largest volunteer army in history, but the population regarded those who fought for Japan as heroes, and they attacked those who fought for the Brits
To learn more, go watch “The Forgotten Volunteers” on youtube
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I think the Indians in World War II are underrated. Most WWII armchair generals assume that they were just low-quality soldiers who were sent in as cannon fodder.
Horse dung. If that was true a lot more Indians would have died in WWII.
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Yeah, they’re forgotten by post the British and Indian public.
Watch “The Forgotten Volunteers on Youtube.”
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Here is the series discussed above