Between 1936 and 1938 an estimated 1 million people were killed and another 1 million imprisoned during Stalin's Great Purge. The military wasn't exempt, with over 80% of their Marshalls, Admirals and Division commanders getting pulled. That's a big impact to a military on the eve of WWII.
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