The main character of "Unbroken" was once a very competitive Olympian athlete, so giving up in any situation did not come easily to him. Ever since he was young he strived to push himself to physical and mental limits.
I think it is Russia because they lost that war :)
It was "Trotsky" who welded the new Red Army into a disciplined fighting force, although his efforts would prove ultimately to be in vane since he was later persecuted for being a traitor to the state.
