WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Helped by aid from the United States and Britain, the Soviet Union was able to build up the Red Army. The large tank corps were replaced by independent tank brigades of about 90 tanks. In late 1942 the Red Army created tank corps that contained one motorized infantry and two tank brigades.

Detailed explanation-2: -Russian Civil War The warring factions included the Red and White Armies. The Red Army fought for the Lenin’s Bolshevik government. The White Army represented a large group of loosely allied forces, including monarchists, capitalists and supporters of democratic socialism.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Red Army was the army of the Bolsheviks led by Leon Trotsky in the Russian Civil War. Later it became the army of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It was the name used mainly before and during World War II.

Detailed explanation-4: -The transformation of the Red Army began in March 1918 with the appointment of Leon Trotsky as war commissar. Most historians agree that Trotsky’s leadership was instrumental in crafting the Red Army into a professional military force.