After the Nazis launched operation "Barbarossa" and attacked the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, Stalin really did have a breakdown for at least several hours and he stayed secluded for at least several days.
https://books.google.com/books?id=L...eality of the invasion dawned on him"&f=false
Yes, I'm familiar with the argument that people were scared shitless because of all of Stalin's purges in the late 1930s. And I'm familiar with the argument that many of the more independent-minded people had already been killed and therefore not in position to lead or even to give tacit support to a coup. But all the same, I still think we're living in the world in which the one third chance that there was not to be a coup in fact played out.
If the Soviet Union relaxes on socialism, yes, we're socialists but we don't need to be so damn doctrinaire about it, what are some ways in which you might see the post-war period playing out differently?
https://books.google.com/books?id=L...eality of the invasion dawned on him"&f=false
Yes, I'm familiar with the argument that people were scared shitless because of all of Stalin's purges in the late 1930s. And I'm familiar with the argument that many of the more independent-minded people had already been killed and therefore not in position to lead or even to give tacit support to a coup. But all the same, I still think we're living in the world in which the one third chance that there was not to be a coup in fact played out.
If the Soviet Union relaxes on socialism, yes, we're socialists but we don't need to be so damn doctrinaire about it, what are some ways in which you might see the post-war period playing out differently?
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