It was felt to be an admirable arrangement for both Germans and Russians. The Germans had the limitless Russian terrain for experimentation. The equipment cost them nothing, since it was supplied by the Soviet Government. One thing they did have to accept and that was, the training of Russians along with their own men.
Russians Trained:
They did train Russians—larg numbers of them. Many of the: Russian Army men had considerable military experience in the first Work War or in the revolutionary da But they lacked technical training. Marshal Timoshenko, for example, was a son of a Ukrainian peasant. Hj was one of Marshal Semyoi Budenny's men in the revolution: war, commanded a division and late
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