Both, M.N. Tuchachevsky & V.K. Triandafillov, were Russian officers who revolutionized the Soviet Union’s ability to wage war with mechanized units. They developed what was commonly known as the “deep battle”, which would cover several hundred kilometers taking the battle behind the enemy’s lines.1 The purpose of their developed battle plan was for mechanized forces to penetrate the enemy’s frontline and move to attack their rear echelons of support units and ultimately destroying the enemy from within their own ranks.2 Even though M.N. Tuchachevsky & V.K. Triandafillov developed a very successful attack plan in 1937 they fell victim to Stalin’s purge of the Red Army’s leadership and any ideas that were not of his
