During the Second World War, the Eastern Front saw some of the most brutal and savage fighting of the whole conflict. Millions of soldiers were killed when the Germans invaded the Soviet Union, and it saw some of the world's most bloody battles for example, The Battle of Stalingrad. Hitler sought to invade the Soviet Union to smash communism, bolshevism and Stalin, but little did he know that Stalin was causing damage to his own army.

During 1940-1942, Stalin oversaw a bloody purge of his own Red Army. Lavrentiy Beria, the Head of the NKVD was in charge of carrying out thousands of executions of the Red Army, and hundreds of the most senior military officials were killed. Many of these executions were carried out in response the the Soviet early failings when the army was battered by the Germans at the start of Operation Barbarossa. Stalin and Beria saw the fact the Germans invaded and took large amounts of land as disgraceful, and thousands of Red Army soldiers were shot for their failure of preventing the advancing Germans.

The executions of the Red Army soldiers from Stalin's purge, greatly impacted the Second World War. In a negative way, Stalin and Beria were causing more problems for their army, and damaged the Red Army as some of the best Soviet military generals were executed, leaving inexperienced younger officers to take their place. This was not good, however as World War 2 continued, the Red Army did manage to fight back and eventually take the fight to the Wehrmacht.

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