High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Between October 1940 and February 1942, the impending start of the German invasion in June 1941 notwithstanding, the Red Army, in particular the Soviet Air Force, as well as Soviet military-related industries were decapitated by repressions once again. After a pause in mass repressions after the Great Purge, in October 1940 the NKVD (People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs) under its new chief Lavrenty Beria started a new purge that initially hit the People's Commissariat of Ammunition, People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry and People's Commissariat of Armaments. Typically under torture high level officials admitted guilt, testified against each other and were repressed on fabricated charges of anti-Soviet activity, sabotage and spying.

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