Did Stalin intend to attack Hitler?1
| Autor: | B. V. Sokolov |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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| Zdroj: | The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. 11:113-141 |
| ISSN: | 1556-3006 1351-8046 |
| Popis: | Russian historiography today resounds with a heated debate over who intended to attack whom to initiate the Soviet‐German war. In a series of books, Victor Suvorov advances the theory that Stalin planned to attack Hitler, but that ‘Barbarossa’ preempted Stalin's plan. In this article Sokolov argues in support of Suvorov's case, claiming that Stalin actually planned an attack as early as spring 1940 to exploit expected German difficulties in their war in the West. Despite subsequent events in the West, Sokolov claims that, ultimately, Stalin planned to launch his offensive on 6 July 1941. While the German 22 June attack rendered Stalin's supposed plan superfluous and many (including the Editors of this journal) question Suvorov's and Sokolov's conclusions, the notoriety of this view requires that it be advanced, discussed, and accepted or rejected on its own merits. |
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