King Thomas
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Without ASBs, how is it possible to make Stalin aware of what is coming and be at least partly prepared for the German attack, or even launch an attack of his own before the Germans can launch theirs?
He was perfectly aware of what was coming, and he was preparing. Unfortunately, he was in a state of total denial regarding when it was coming.
Without ASBs, how is it possible to make Stalin aware of what is coming and be at least partly prepared for the German attack, or even launch an attack of his own before the Germans can launch theirs?
the Luftwaffe conducted a number of dangerous and secret overflights of Soviet Territory prior to Barbarossa... maybe the Red Air force or FLAK gets lucky and shoots one or two of them down and a U2 type incident pisses Stalin off that he accepts that Hitler is comming for him
the Luftwaffe conducted a number of dangerous and secret overflights of Soviet Territory prior to Barbarossa... maybe the Red Air force or FLAK gets lucky and shoots one or two of them down and a U2 type incident pisses Stalin off that he accepts that Hitler is comming for him
Awilla, if he did make an attack, I think it would be sucessful for the first few hours and then fail for the reasons you put forward; he purged all his best officers.
Without ASBs, how is it possible to make Stalin aware of what is coming
2. Soviet Army was in no condition to launch any preventive strikes. Almost all units were in some sort of major training or even only recently formed (such as most armoured and mechanized divisions).or even launch an attack of his own before the Germans can launch theirs?
Despite of common opinion, Stalin didn't have any precise information about of the date of german invasion. Several potential dates was knonw - in the middle or end of april, 15 or 27 may, 15 june, 22 june, somewhen in july and so on. And more importantly no intelligence sources mentioned unconditional surprise attack. They tell that Germany start with ultimatum of some sort or make peace or conquer England first.Unfortunately, he was in a state of total denial regarding when it was coming.