Timeline for Is there any research explicitly contradicting facts in Suvorov's "Icebreaker" book series claiming that Stalin intended to attack Hitler in 1941?
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| Aug 22, 2016 at 14:07 | comment | added | jwenting | <ctd> start of operation Barbarosa. An army planning to fight a prolonged campaign in Russia would not do that, they'd stockpile winter clothing... So their launch was rushed, probably hadn't been originally planned until spring 1942 (giving them more time to prepare and more time in the field until winter hit). | |
| Aug 22, 2016 at 14:06 | comment | added | jwenting | I don't think the main problem people have with Suvorov's work is the idea that Stalin was planning to invade Germany, but the timeline for the event, yet don't have any real justification for the Germans going when they did except "Hitler was mad". The idea of the Germans launching before they were ready is IMO a very valid one, and why would they do that unless they perceived a threat (real or not) of an impending Soviet invasion of Germany they wanted to prevent? One source I read about mentions for example the Germans selling their winter uniforms to the Soviets just weeks before the | |
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| Aug 20, 2016 at 9:25 | history | answered | Hans Vogel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |