The Red Army is Stronger: How the World Learned About the Power of the Red Army

The song, which we know from the line "The Red Army is Strongest", appeared as a response to the events of the summer of 1920, a time of active struggle of the "whites" and "reds". Why did the Red Army gain the upper hand over the white movement, and what was it like in the years of its creation? What were the plans for rearmament before the events of the Patriotic War? What was the reason for the defeats of the first days and months of the war? What military events turned the tide of World War II, and at what point did the whole world become convinced that the Red Army was indeed the strongest? The main milestones of formation and changes in the structure of the Red Army were carefully studied by publicist Sergei Stillavin and professor of the Department of Russian History of Moscow State University German Anatolyevich Artamonov.