Comments by "EdMcF1" (@EdMcF1) on "How effective was Wilhelm Canaris & the German resistance?" video.

Viktor Suvorov gave the answer in Icebreaker in the 1990s. Stalin thought the German plans were a bluff, as they hadn't made any preparations for winter warfare (indicated by the prices of mutton and wool - if winter clothing was being made, wool prices rise, mutton prices fall - glut of mutton, and no winter motor oils were being made to cope with a Russian winter). Premises was flawed, he didn't think they'd invade without making preparations. Stalin planned his own invasion for July, he'd stockpiled supplies on the frontier, had rails on the border, motorway tanks (for autobahns) and had dismantled his defences in the west of the USSR.
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@Clinton Reisig Not Hartmann, but a history of the Wiking Division has a quote made to Felix Steiner, it goes something like 'Just look at that map for yourself Steiner, and see if that (the Soviet disposition) doesn't look the preparation for an offensive" said another General.
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@LazyPictures There's no doubting that Soviet forces were on the border in June 1941, you don't say why. You don't refute anything with insults, except the proposition that you might have something to add.
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