In comments to my last article of the cycle it was said that there was no famine in the Red Army. But there he did not assert that such a famine had taken place. Indeed, in our time, chronic neurosis is taken for hunger, and we simply forgot the meaning of the true Hunger, which haunted humanity for tens of thousands of years ... It began to respond, but the commentary went out the size of an entire post. And the historical material was at hand. That's why I decided to release a separate post on the topic.
I believe that the memory of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers who fought in the war and historical justice will not suffer from this. As an example, I chose the situation that arose with the food in the 8th Guards Rifle Division named after him. Major-General Panfilov I.V. For those who are not not interested in military finances, I explain: -Applying to the financial situation of a serviceman, the term "guard" in the Second World War meant a one and a half monetary maintenance.
The guard received half more salary against the "ordinary infantryman". The Guards Division. Panfilov passed a glorious battle path.
Her combat feats are well known and unquestionable. I will make a reservation-in the swar against "the exploit of 28 Panfilovites in the Battle of Moscow" I do not meet.
On that is professional historians, this is their bread. And her commander was a talented military commander, and the division itself, in accordance with the initial plan of the Stavka, was immediately formed as elite.