They released only a four-page summary through `` Rossiyskaya Gazeta '' , that revealed Reveal_secret `` stunning breaches of discipline , shoddy , obsolete and poorly maintained Preserving equipment '' , and `` negligence , incompetence , and mismanagement '' .

On 17 September , the Soviet Red Army invaded Attack Eastern Poland , the territory beyond the so-called Curzon Line that fell into the Soviet `` sphere of influence '' according to the secret protocol of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact ; this rendered Supply the Polish plan of defence Defending obsolete .

In addition , obsolete vehicles and equipment left Departing near the center of the explosion were destroyed Destroying .

The obsolete destroyer , accompanied by 18 smaller craft , crossed Motion_directional the English Channel to the Atlantic coast of France and was rammed Self_motion into the Normandie dock gates .

The plan Arranging of attack Attack was for the British raiding Attack force to sink two obsolete cruisers in the canal mouth at Ostend and three at Zeebrugge , thus preventing Preventing_or_letting raiding Attack ships leaving Departing Bruges .

The defenses were largely obsolete and 7,000 of the 23,000-strong French garrison were National Guard militiamen .

The successful testing of the new cores in the `` Operation Sandstone '' tests rendered Causation every component of the old weapons obsolete .

They were opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act by the scattered forces Military_operation of the German Army Group G , which had been weakened Cause_change_of_strength by the relocation of its divisions to other fronts and the replacement of its soldiers with third-rate `` Ostlegionen '' outfitted with obsolete equipment Supply .