I’ve read a bit about Stalin and I’ve never heard of these letters. A quick search hasn’t turned anything up—does anyone know where this comes from?
I’d like to be able to say something more substantial than “you’re wrong and don’t have sources.”
I’ve read a bit about Stalin and I’ve never heard of these letters. A quick search hasn’t turned anything up—does anyone know where this comes from?
I’d like to be able to say something more substantial than “you’re wrong and don’t have sources.”
Just a heads up that this is a meme that downplays the heroic effort of the Red Army in 1941. Germany invaded as soon as it was realistic to, in June. Spring was not viable because of roads turning into mud that is so debilitating there's a word for it, rasputitsa. The real blunder was that Hitler was under the impression that if you just "kicked the door in, the whole rotting structure would come down" and the campaign would be over before the winter set in. The winter helped slow the Wermacht but it was the Red Army's incredible resiliancy that stopped them.
Also, please don't say Russia when you mean the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union was made up of 15 republics, many of which suffered greatly during the war.
Good points