"War and Finance." The 1941 catastrophe. Reduction of food allowances for the Red Army 5

Stalin genuinely loved aviation, did everything to distinguish and highlight the Air Force. And not because the military pilot fought his son Vasily (the son of N. Khrushchev was also a pilot, was killed at the front). Stalin's adopted son, whom he treated as his own, Artem Sergeev, honestly and valiantly served in artillery, was wounded 6 times (once with a bayonet in the stomach in hand-to-hand combat) and rose to the rank of marshal of the USSR. It was military pilots who, among other servicemen, received ties, white shirts, and tunics from Stalin. Pilots were given butter and white bread, vodka in the dining room after the flights were poured honestly, without stealing.

 At the military on the front line, those who ate at the field kitchens, with food was much worse. Stalin and other leaders of the USSR knew about this problem. For example, they knew from the letters and stories of their warring children at the front. I must note that the children of the Soviet elite really fought! They also knew from the reports of the Special Forces SMERSH, their agents and informers were in every division of the Red Army.