Comments by "Андрей Борцов" (@Mentol_) on "Biggest Encirclement in History: Battle of Kiev | Animated History" video.

  1. To michael: only part of ukranian nationalists welcomed germans. Rest (normal people) were soviet patriots.
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  2. ​ @better_dead_than_red Real patriots do something practically useful for their country, and do not create an image of the enemy from their own history.
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  3. There was no optimism in the USSR. In Soviet documents, Germany was recognized as the main potential enemy in Europe and Japan in the east. In addition, after the defeat of France in the USSR, labor legislation was tightened, which meant preparation for a possible war.
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  4. The poor loss ratio comes from the encirclement battle, not from the stupidity of the political leadership. Explore battles on other fronts.
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  5.  @justacat2  in battle of kiev? Then show text of his order.
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  6.  @justacat2  I did not find the text of Stalin's order in the English Wikipedia. In any case, I know that the decision to continue the defense of Kyiv was made on the basis of Soviet intelligence data, which said that the enemy would continue to attack Moscow and did not have significant forces to attack Kiev. These data quickly became outdated, and when the Germans captured a bridgehead in the south, it was too late to retreat. Thus, there is a fact of intelligence error here, and not just the stupidity of the political leadership.
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