Red Army

US feminist and writer Agnes Smedley , a supporter of Communist forces in China, published China's Red Army Marches, an account of the organization and growth of the Red Army 's campaign against the Kuomintang.

Stalin signed one of his earliest decrees, taking military decisions out of the hands the Red Army command and subjecting them to political control.

German forces overpowered the Russian-held city of Kiev: a major disaster for Russia, since Stalin had ordered that it should be held at all costs.