Soviet HQ 0825-week-3 with skilled hajduks providing covering

with skilled hajduks providing covering fire while the Winged Hussars devastated enemy formations with their charges

And as an extra treat

each advancing alongside a marching column of troops

QUICK GEN colour set for painting DAK soldiers (Deutsche Afrika Korps)

Soviet HQ 0825-week-3 with skilled hajduks providing coveringLike the soldiers they commanded, many Soviet officers were inexperienced and lacked training at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Stalins ruthless purge of the officers of the Red Army in 1937 had denuded the organization of leadership and left deep scars in the survivors minds. Throughout the war, showing initiative was seen as a dangerous trait, and most Soviet officers would follow their orders to the letter even if they meant marching