Top 7 Red Army Myths - World War 2

Top Myths about the Red Army in World War 2. Namely, unlimited manpower, blocking detachments, human wave tactics, preemptive war thesis, general winter and lend-lease.

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Hill, Alexander: The Red Army and the Second World War. Armies of the Second World War. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 2017.

Töppel, Roman: Kursk 1943. The Greatest Battle of the Second World War. Helion: Warwick, UK: 2018.

Reese, Roger R.: Why Stalin’s Soldiers fought. The Red Army’s Military Effectiveness in World War II. University of Kansas: Kansas, US, 2011.

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Harrison, Richard W.: Soviet Planning For War, 1936-1941: The “Preventive Attack” Thesis In Historical Context. In: The Journal of Military History, Vol. 83, No. 3, July 2019. Soc. of Military History: Virgina, USA, 2019, p. 769-794

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Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan M.: When Titans Clashed. How the Red Army stopped Hitler. Revised and Expanded Edition. Univ. Press of Kansas: USA, 2015

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