Title: Stalin's folly
Description: Reassessing the Soviet response to the Nazi invasion of Russia, the author portrays Stalin as an ineffective military leader who allowed hundreds of thousands of his soldiers to be slaughtered in the first ten days of the invasion.
Subjects: Campaigns, World War, 1939-1945, History, Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front, Military campaigns, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, eastern front, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, Soviet union, history, 1925-1953
Places: Eastern Front, Russia (Federation), Soviet Union
People: Joseph Stalin (1879-1953)
Time periods: German occupation, 1941-1944