20th Century

A Forged Letter Gutted Stalin's Army Before Hitler Could

A single forged document destroyed one of history's most capable military forces—and the man who wrote it never fired a shot.

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Soviet UnionWorld War IIStalinismMilitary HistoryEspionageGreat PurgeEastern FrontMikhail Tukhachevsky

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