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What Stalin Knew: The Enigma of Barbarossa

by David E. Murphy · 2005

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Murphy asks why the Soviet Union was so unprepared for the German attack in 1941. The highly efficient Soviet intelligence services warned Stalin several times about German preparations, but they were ignored. What led Stalin to make such an enormous blunder?

Genre
war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
military historymilitary historyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of this20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisEastern FrontEastern FrontMore like thisLess of thisSoviet UnionSoviet UnionMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 340 pages

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