Comments by "Андрей Борцов" (@Mentol_) on "The Real News Network"
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Quotation from the diary of Iozef Goebbels:
"The General Staff presents me a book with biographical data and portraits of Soviet generals and marshals, and it is not difficult to draw from this book various information about what mistakes we made in the past years.These marshals and generals are on average exceptionally young, almost none of them older than 50 They have a rich experience of revolutionary political activity, they are convinced Bolsheviks, extremely energetic people, and on their faces one can read that they have a good people's starter, mostly children of workers, shoemakers peasants, small peasants, etc. In short, I have to draw the unpleasant conclusion that the military leaders of the Soviet Union come from better people's strata than our own.
I inform the Fuhrer of the general-store book on Soviet marshals and generals that I submitted for review, adding that I had the impression that we are not at all able to compete with such leaders. The Fuhrer fully shares my opinion. Our generals are too old, outdated and completely alien to the national-socialist ideological heritage.
A considerable part of our generals do not even want the victory of National Socialism. Unlike them, the Soviet generals not only fanatically believe in Bolshevism, but also fight no less fanatical, which, of course, speaks of the colossal superiority of Soviet generalship. The Fuhrer is determined to carry out such a reorganization of the Wehrmacht so that he will leave the war with national-socialist convictions. For my part, I add that we Germans learn everything, although too late, but more thoroughly. This, perhaps, applies to the Wehrmacht".
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1). Combat losses of the USSR (killed on the battlefield, died by wounds) - 6.3 million people.
Combat losses of Germany and the Axis in the east - 4.2 million people.
2). The German army did not have serious problems with fuel until the end of 1944. You are trying to expose Germany as a "victim of a lack of resources" - but this is a mistake.
3). A large number of Soviet prisoners of war at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa - is the result of German tactics of encircling. Plus, the destruction of significant stocks of military materials - that is, this is a consequence of the German army's attack, and not the original Soviet shortcoming.
4). France had no revolution and purges, but lost. The American and British armies in 1941-1942 showed themselves as a weak opponent, so we can not say that they were ready.
5). which means "bad equipment" of the soldiers of the Red Army at the beginning of the war?
6). Allied aid helped the USSR, but it did not have a decisive significance. In the most difficult months - 1941 - the share of Lend-Lease shipments was less than 1% of the total volume. In 1942, it was 28%. And more than 71% in 1943-1945, when the Red Army was already conducting a large-scale offensive on all fronts.
7). Zhukov's quote is the result of an incorrect translation. He meant that anti-tank mines do not explode from the passage of infantry, and losses from conventional mines are no more than usual when attacked by enemy fire. Clearing the fields under enemy fire will cost a lot of losses.
8). Before you despise the Soviet generals - it would be nice to deal with the myths in your head.
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