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Re: Did Stalin deliberately prolong the war?
Stalin certainly did not prologn the war--logistics dictated the limits of many advances--and German resistance had something to do the time it took.
Look at it this way: a superficial analysis could produce the conclusion that the western allies prolonged the war when they didn't take Berlin in 1944--after all the Germans in France were completely shattered and the west wall wasn't complete--so why didn't keep going? Logistics and German resistance.
the fact the Germans regrouped enough to hold Ags 12 & 21 at bay through the fall 0f 44 and winter of 45 is sometimes referred to as "the miracle of the west"--that's how bad it was for the Germans after Falaise, etc.
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