Only in the last three years of the war.
Given that the war for the USSR lasted 4 years, 3 out of 4 years is the majority of the war...so the point still stands.
On the other hand Hitler became more hands on over the course of 6 years of war.
Only in the last three years of the war.
Given that the war for the USSR lasted 4 years, 3 out of 4 years is the majority of the war...so the point still stands.
On the other hand Hitler became more hands on over the course of 6 years of war.
He was very involved, but he give his generals a lot more latitude than he otherwise would have.
In the last days of WW2, Hitler at his bunker said that his bigest mistake was that he didn't clear the army from the generals as Stalin did. If he done it?
In the last days of WW2, Hitler at his bunker said that his bigest mistake was that he didn't clear the army from the generals as Stalin did. If he done it?
Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania might all have a quibble with the "only four years" for the USSR.
So actually might Japan.
Actually in early 1945 Stalin was giving his generals less latitude and was tightening his grip on them. In debates over the planning of the Vistula-Oder Offensive Zhukov and Rokossovsky seriously angered Stalin, and Rokossovsky warned Zhukov to temper his language lest he befall the fate Rokossovsky suffered when he was arrested and tortured for several months during the Purges. Stalin was already looking ahead to the post war era and didn't want "Napoleons" who could subvert his control of the military.