On alert
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The Red forces there were the only ones to pass the Red Army's own standards of combat readiness just one month previously, and were the only Red Army forces actually on alert and prepared for military action on 22 June.
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Worse still, none of the Soviet troops are prepared to fight—they aren't even on alert and they certainly haven't manned any defensive positions or brought their weapons and vehicles out of storage.
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