Red Army

Today in Class we finished watching the video, "Vengeance".  In the beginning of the video, we learned how ever since the battle at Stalingrad, Germany's hope of winning the war was spiraling downwards.  Germany lost more hope after operation D-Day, when the allies bombed France. At this point, Russia was also planning on attacking Germany.  Operation Bagration was a victory for the Red Army.  This attack surprised Hitler, who thought the attack would take place in a different location.  Today, after finishing the movie, we learned about the Russians, who were gaining confidence, and had little tolerance for any traitors of their country.  Stalin deported many ethnic groups from the homeland because of the chance that they were collaborating with the Nazis.  The Red Army also treated prisoners of war badly, because Stalin believed that by surrendering, they were betraying Russia.  Stalin would send people to the Gulag for any tiny reason that made him believe that person was a traitor.  This made everyone afraid to do something wrong, so the people did not have the choice to disagree with Stalin.