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Old February 1st, 2008, 05:26 PM
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Re: Did Stalin deliberately prolong the war?

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I believe a read a book “Russia at War” that made the claim that the relative inaction on the Central Front was due to logistical difficulties. But at least my impression is that on the S. Front operations were much more continuous & I would have thought the same logistical problems would have applied there.
Not necessarily. A good historian to read on the subject is David Glantz. He has reviewed a great deal of Soviet archival material that has been made available since the collapse of the USSR. I highly recommend his books, especially When Titans Clashed. Again, I'm not saying that this didn't all play into Stalin's hand politically, just that crossing the Vistula and taking on the enemy in Warsaw at that moment in time would have been extremely difficult at best.
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