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Originally Posted by Hagen
The only time I'm aware of that Stalin held back was at Warsaw during the uprising. He let the Germans take care of that potential political problem.
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A bit off topic I know but it is also true that Soviet had just completed a major offensive (
Operation Bagration) which basically destroyed Army Group Center, and had stretched supply lines very far at that time.
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Logistically, crossing the Vistula and defeating the Germans in Warsaw would have been nearly impossible. Not that this didn't play into Stalin's hand politically, but the fact is that his forces were probably not capable of taking Warsaw at that moment, and doing so would have required a shift in tactics and strategy.