Why NKVD? :eek: NKVD has nothing to do with it. It was you who was so kind to tell me which Soviet formations took part in the Tali-Ihantala...
This is not the period of my knowledge, so I cannot provide any additional evidence. Russian sources say about this declaration in similar words,...
Well, wasn't it quite natural that Red Russians supported Red Finns? I really envy the Finns, that their White Movement could propose some...
I still don't understand, excuse me for my stupidity. Were you offended by my mentioning German Sturmgeschutze? Okay, let's suppose they were...
I never believe any books, and no one should when it goes for history. I only believe to facts and numbers. If it is proved that there was, say, 2...
Excuse me, what do you mean by these numbers? I don't believe you really mean that the Finnish army destroyed 26 000 Soviet tanks... :eek:
I realize it all right. One of the most weird examples we can see in Palestine. But I also realize that a man has only the memories of his own....
There wasn't a single sector at the front line, where the Finnish army would have stopped by its own will. It was stopped by the Red Army either...
You obviously haven't read the whole thread. Eastern Karelia was annexed by Finland. Is there any difference between occupation and annexation?...
This may be told about any country and any area. Going far enough in history you will find anything you want to. :-)
Many reasons have been already mentioned by my esteemed colleagues. Summarizing in brief: 1) Germany deployed its army faster than the USSR did....
Summarizing Krivosheev's numbers we get 4 150 000, apparently including all surrendered. Statistics of the Ministry of defense gives us 2 067 800...
But half of these men in the Red Army weren't on their places! They were either in trains or in assembly points. May I answer with the other's...
The only document that partly supports this version is so-called "Zhukov's note" to Stalin of (attention!) May 15, 1941. Zhukov wrote that German...
It was not because of unawareness, there were other reasons.
Judging by Stalin's behavior, he considered himself a great warlord till Summer 1942, when a catastrophe happened even more dangerous than in...
These recently published numbers originate in NKVD internal statistics. For years they were not available for historians in detail. Though in...
I also would agree with the opinion that Germans had better tactics, organization and communications. I would even say they had overpowering...
About Stalin awareness. After Molotov's visit to Berlin in November 1940, Stalin new very well that the war with Germany was inevitable. The only...
First, I'd like to say several words about so-called "purges" and how they influenced the Red Army fighting efficiency. I believe that this...
