Martysevich, A. P. SOVIET-FINLAND WAR: MATTERS OF MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT WORKING-PEASANT RED ARMY DURING MILITARY ACTIONS // Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2020. Vol. 42. No 4. P. 72–78. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2020.484


Russian history

SOVIET-FINLAND WAR: MATTERS OF MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT WORKING-PEASANT RED ARMY DURING MILITARY ACTIONS

Martysevich
A. P. 		Petrozavodsk State University
Keywords:
Soviet-Finnish war
logistics
military operations
Red Army
Great Patriotic war		 Summary: The Soviet-Finnish war of 1939–1940 became a tragic page in the history of not only our country, but also neighboring Finland. This military conflict entered the history of the Second World War. Its outcome was influenced by several important factors. One of the most important is the issue of logistics of the troops of the Red Army during the hostilities. Especially sharply, it stood in the Northern Ladoga area. It was in this area during the war that the 18th, 168th rifle divisions (rd) and the 34th light tank brigade (ltbr) were surrounded. The fact that the issue of logistics of the troops at the time of the event is poorly covered in the special literature. In the military-historical science, its study is of particular relevance. The purpose of this article is to show convincingly that an ill-conceived, unsatisfactory, and sometimes even criminal attitude to the material and technical support of the troops of the Red Army in the whole theater of operations significantly influenced the course of the war as a whole. Thus, the Red Army suffered heavy losses in manpower and equipment due to poorly organized logistics of the troops. As a conclusion, the thesis was substantiated that, in the aggregate of factors of supplying the units of the Red Army with all necessary, it was not sufficiently taken into account when developing plans for military operations against Finland. All this ultimately led the Red Army to disastrous consequences.



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