Question

Read this excerpt from Joseph Stalin's radio broadcast on July 3, 1941:

“The fact of the matter is that the troops of Germany, as a country at war, were already fully mobilized, and 170 divisions hurled by Germany against the U.S.S.R. and brought up to the Soviet frontiers were in a state of complete readiness, only awaiting the signal to move into action, whereas the Soviet troops had little time to effect mobilization and move up to the frontiers.”

Which statement is the most reasonable inference about one of the underlying meanings of this excerpt?


A. Russia was prepared for a German invasion, but its troops were too far from its frontiers.

B. The German invasion caught the Russian army completely by surprise.

C. The Russian army couldn't fight because it hadn't been training for war.

D. Russia wasn't prepared to fight Germany, because its troops were fighting elsewhere.

Answer 1

The answer is B. The German invasion caught the Russian army completely by surprise. (APEX)

Answer 2

B. The German invasion caught the Russian army completely by surprise.

Step-by-step explanation:

At the point when Joseph Stalin tended to his kin amid this radio communicate, it was to impart that Germany had assaulted Russia in spite of a non-animosity act.

Accordingly, Stalin was referencing how Russia was deceived by Germany. Additionally, on the grounds that savagery is by and large observed to be naturally wrong by humanized social orders, Stalin insinuates how taking up arms when harmony was imparted as the objective is low/graceless and even barbarian like.