To: Tailgunner Joe
Hitler preempted Lenin's plan by attacking the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. The staggering defeats suffered by the Soviet army in the early stages of the war was due to the fact that Stalin had tom down many of the Soviet defense positions and had not equipped his armies facing Germany with strategic-defense plans. All of their plans were for offensive operations. Sacking most of his experienced generals didn't help much either.
I don't know if Papa Joe was this smart - he was better at exploiting opportunity rather than creating it.
2 posted on
05/05/2005 2:15:48 PM PDT by
dirtboy
(Drooling moron since 1998...)
To: dirtboy
7 posted on
05/05/2005 2:20:49 PM PDT by
advance_copy
(Stand for life, or nothing at all)
To: dirtboy
They did by invading Poland
8 posted on
05/05/2005 2:21:23 PM PDT by
Loud Mime
(Liberals believe in their good; a good that is void of honesty and character)
To: dirtboy
The US, its evil and scary.
;0
26 posted on
05/05/2005 2:34:34 PM PDT by
Conservomax
(There are no solutions, only trade-offs.)
To: dirtboy
Sacking most of his experienced generals didn't help much either.Didn't just sack them. He killed them. Apparently a German spy convinced him almost his entire officer corps was in league with the capitalists. So in 38 he killed just about every officer above the rank of major. NOT a good idea when planning an offensive war.
30 posted on
05/05/2005 2:36:56 PM PDT by
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