In 1941 when Harry Hopkins was in Moscow conversing with Stalin, the uniforms of the Red Army personnel had shoulder boards.
Joseph Stalin disdained shoulder boards as a throwback to the uniforms of the Tsar's army and refused to allow them.
It was in 1943 that Stalin finally yielded to pressure from the Communist Party to reintroduce shoulder boards on military uniforms.
Joseph Stalin disdained shoulder boards as a throwback to the uniforms of the Tsar's army and refused to allow them.
It was in 1943 that Stalin finally yielded to pressure from the Communist Party to reintroduce shoulder boards on military uniforms.