How the Soviets Built the World’s First Airborne (VDV)

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Music:
• "Soviet March" by Silverman Sound Studios
• Red Orchestra 2 OST

Sources:
• David Glantz (1984) "The Soviet Airborne Experience"
• Steven Zaloga & Leland Ness (1998) "Red Army Handbook: 1939-1945"
• Oleksiy Nozdrachov (2010) "Application of the Soviet Theory of 'Deep Operation' During the 1939 Soviet-Japanese Military Conflict in Mongolia"