Stalin was shocked. He was a man who trusted no one but put trust in Hitler. Stalin was informed many times that Germany would attack him. He received information on the date and time the attack was going to happen but still disregarded it. The most important reason for Stalin and Russia not being ready for the attack was the Great Purge of the 1930’s. All of the soviet sectors in society were hurt by Stalin killing them off or sending them away. The officer corps of the Red Army was decimated, and the chief of the Soviet Air Force and senior military officer before one nazi invasion was executed. Senior officers were killed more in the Great Purge than the four years fighting the Nazi’s. The Russian army had many loses due to the fact of Stalin. He had all new people put into command, with no experience. The professional part of the Red Army dropped very low. One fifth of the positions of unit and subunit commanders were vacant. Stalin wanted full command and would wipe out anyone who “started to know to much.” The Great Purge led to inexperience on the battlefield and off of it in Key positions. Everyone in Russia feared Stalin more than they feared the Germans. The British even attempted to warn Stalin six separate times. Churchill wrote a personal letter to Stalin and pointed out Hitler’s plan to attack. When Churchill went to Russia he asked Stalin why he decided to ignore the letters. Stalin said he knew war was coming but thought he could get an

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