Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "Top 7 Red Army Myths - World War 2" video.

  1. Kursk is a symbol of defeat. Its like a time check. As for many others there is clearly some truth in all myths, like Soviets executing so many of their own, human wave attacks did occur early in the war. Soviets did not care too much about people. Soviets were indeed preparing for an attack BUT such attack was not to come very soon. I.e. Soviets were not ready to attack in 1941. Soviets were counting on German involvement in UK and rather soft walk over. From political spectrum it was clear to Soviets that they will have to fight Germans sooner or later. General winter or more likely general autumn certainly helped defenders. Winter of 1941 was very hard. Soviet moved in extra troops from the east. These troops had winter clothing. So winter alone did not stop the Germans, Soviets did, but winter certainly helped properly dressed Soviets with properly greased guns. Note that today all Russian equipment is tested for very cold weather combat - things work quite differently in mild -15C then in a bit colder -45. Also note that through Germans did know climate of Russia they did not adequately prepare for it - they did not expect the war to last that long (common explanation). The main danger of land-lease was peace Soviets and Germans may have agreed on. Stalin did consider giving up some of the western Soviet lands.
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  2.  @Mentol_  The main problem with "human wave" is that no one has very good definition of what exactly is it.
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