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To: familyop
Alexander Yakovlev, a war veteran who was a key architect of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's liberal reforms, said Stalin's leadership during the war brought more harm than good.

Right on.

2 posted on 05/10/2005 2:08:54 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator (This space outsourced to India)
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To: KC_Conspirator

Agreed. The Soviets did not start winning the war until Stalin shut up and actually let Marshal Zhukov run things. Hitler, in contrast, listened to his generals less and less. Zhukov versus Hitler was no contest.

Regards, Ivan


4 posted on 05/10/2005 2:10:30 PM PDT by MadIvan (One blog to bring them all...and in the Darkness bind them: http://www.theringwraith.com/)
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