"No need, Comrade Pavlov," Marshal Timoshenko said with a gloomy expression, directly interrupting Pavlov's inquiry and, suppressing his rage, said, "It's meaningless now, nothing can redeem our losses in Poland."
"Comrade Marshal, please consider the situation I was in at that time. I believe that anyone in my place would have been equally ineffective," Pavlov attempted to defend himself.
But what met Pavlov was Timoshenko's more intense anger and questioning: "I know our soldiers of the Western Front Army lack training, and we have many other issues.
But do you know? We have lost over 600,000 soldiers, including a large number of tanks, airplanes, and cannons, along with the territories we occupied in Poland.
As the commander of the Western Front Army, do you not bear any responsibility?"
"However, the Germans used 15 divisions in Brest, at least 5 of them were tank divisions. And us? We only had 3 tank divisions, and even just 7 divisions among Brest's defensive forces.
