Back in Jr. High and High School, I was a WWII military nerd. Anything to do with the militaries involved in the war (pretty much everyone), I read. In fact, I read every book in the Campello library (part of Brockton, MA, where I grew up) and then started in on the main library downtown.
At that time, I could talk, with a fairly good level of detail, about both the European and Pacific fronts. Who knows, with China trying to throw its weight around, still having a little familiarity with the geographies (a little bit – it HAS been 50 years, ya know, right?) might be a tad useful.
Anyways, given that the fascist/communist/dictator Putin decided to start the Russian-Ukrainian war in the vain hope of recreating the false glory of Mother Soviet Union by re-aggregating all of the “runaways,” I’ve been on the Institute of War email distribution list.
Every night, I get an email talking about what has happened, in intelligence/military terms, that day on the battlefront.
This is the ISW’s first drop on the structure and placement of the Russian military. They seemed impressive, and the Soviet forces certainly kept us thinking otherwise, but it turned out (sans their nukes) that they were a second-rate military in a Third World country.
All that said, if you are still following this war to which the US has sent BILLIONS of $$$ (to the point where OUR military is “running short”), you might find it interesting.
Note: Page two of the report is blank – you can skip it.
10-12-23 Russian Order of Battle Outline ISW
HT | Institute for the Study of War
