RE: I knew Hitler was a back stabber but.
July 25, 2018 at 1:26 am
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2018 at 1:42 am by Anomalocaris.)
(July 24, 2018 at 8:56 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:What is more, the Germans were far closer to actually succeeding in crushing Russia that conventional wisdom would credit,
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
General Winter saved Russia again.
Easy to say in retrospect. In reality getting close is the first step to getting there. Germany was defeated in Russia not because she crazily tried to do the impossible, but because her own war waging performance, despite brilliant tactical successes, fell far short overall of reasonable expectation while russia’s Performance, despite clumsy tactical failures, was considerably in excess of reasonable expectation.
