Is this true that the Soviet Army soldiers had no helmets in the beginning of WW2? @jwenting - Unfortunately, my experience of interaction with the Polish shows completely a different situation. However, I agree with you that Poles don't like Germans. It also known yet that when Poles are given to choose between Russia or Germany, they would undoubtedly choose Germany, which is understood.
Is this true that the Soviet Army soldiers had no helmets in the beginning of WW2? I am afraid I didn't quite get your last paragraph. Do you mean to say that Russian propaganda machine would disseminate the message that Russian soldiers had helmets of poor quality (as compared to those of Germans) and that they didn't want to fight before reaching the German border? Why would Russian propaganda machine spread some bad things about Russian army?