Russian troops are suffering from frost bite. How on earth would a fighting force not have things like gloves and boots to prevent frost bite? Well, i guess the russian commanders assumed the whole thing was going to be over in like three days. And when the campaign became lengthy, i think the russians have turned out to be totally unprepared. So ou see, how could something like that happen? Here's a comparison. Summer of 19 forty one, the vermat invades the soviet union. The german plan for operation barbarossa assumed that the verma was going to make short work of the red army. Bad assumption. Heavy rain and snow to turn the
One month in, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine isn’t going according to plan. Historian and retired Army colonel Andrew Bacevich explains how it might end.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.
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