On the night of 21 June 1941, Pavlov was watching a comedy in Kiev when Moscow sent a directive to all military councils in the Western Military Districts of a possible German invasion. Pavlov chose to watch the comedy to its end and this proved to be a fatal mistake in the eyes of his superiors in Moscow.
During the first days of the invasion, Pavlov was relieved of his command, replaced by Andrey Eremenko (and again by Semyon Timoshenko), arrested and accused of criminal incompetence and treason. He was the only arrested commander of any Soviet front during Operation Barbarossa.

tfw executed for the "crime" of wanting to finish watching ol' family gentleman moments compendium 1941

FUCK WLM!

TIL that US President Herbert Hoover falsely blamed Mexican Americans for the Great Depression, and decisively lost reelection after his mass deportation efforts did not resolve the economic crisis
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