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Old 20th Sep 2016, 10:34
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"The Germans had deceived Stalin by breaching the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, and Stalin was pissed off completely. "

After reading "The Chief Culprit" you may want to review that sentence. I am not excusing Hitler at all but according to this source Stalin was about to launch a attack just a few weeks later and Hitler had no choice but to strike first while the Red Army was still building up.

The description of the Finnish-Russian winter war in this book is also very breathtaking, how many Red soldiers were sacrificed to take just one pillbox.
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