Which sentence best interprets this excerpt from Joseph Stalin's speech, Order of the Day, No. 55? COMRADES, men of the Red Army and Red Navy, commanders and political workers, men and women guerillas!
The peoples of our country meet the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Red Army in the stern days of a patriotic war against fascist
despicably encroaching upon the life and freedom of our Motherland. Along the whole length of the huge front, which stretches fro
Sea, the men of the Red Army and Navy are waging a bitter fight to drive the German-fascist invaders from our country and safegua
of our Motherland.
This is not the first time that the Red Army has had to defend our native land against enemy attack. The Red Army was created twen
troops of the foreign interventionist invaders who were endeavouring to dismember our country and destroy her independence. Yo
Army, which entered war for the first time, routed the German invaders at Pskov and Narva on February 23, 1918. For this very reaso
proclaimed the day of the birth of the Red Army. Since then the Red Army grew and gained strength in the struggle with the foreign
successfully defended our country in the battles with the German invaders in 1918 and drove them beyond the confines of the Ukrai
successfully defended our country in the battles with the foreign troops of the Entente in 1919-1921 and drove them too beyond the
OA. Stalin wanted to close off the borders of the Soviet Union to protect his land from German invaders.
OB.
The Soviet Union must plan on ways to work with the German soldiers to defeat other countries.
C.
It is important for the Soviet Union to fight against the Germans to keep their independence.
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