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AHC: optimize Soviet performance in WW2
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Regarding the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, one under-discussed consequence is the USSR's state of quasi-mobilization on the economy...
Thursday at 2:47 PM
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Death of Stalin in Fall 1945
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The struggle to balance between investment in heavy industry and light industry/infrastructure/agriculture is, I would say, the most...
Thursday at 12:33 PM
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Death of Stalin in Fall 1945
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Zhdanov was in Leningrad until his return to Moscow in November '45. I think his ability to operate independently of Stalin was limited...
May 1, 2024
Julian
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Death of Stalin in Fall 1945
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What does non-Stalinist reconstruction look like? Removing the foundation of Stalin’s system - mass labor coercion - means that the...
May 1, 2024
Julian
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Barbarossa without the Great Purge
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I don't think that was ever on the agenda. The senior leaders of the Red Army were communists, if not necessarily Stalinists, and owed...
Apr 30, 2024
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Barbarossa without the Great Purge
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Avoiding the Kirov assassination and Terror in the Party also opens the door to a much larger membership base. An understated aspect of...
Apr 30, 2024
Julian
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Barbarossa without the Great Purge
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Funny enough, I ran into a couple examples recently of rifle units botching their deployment from march columns in ‘44! You also had the...
Apr 29, 2024
Julian
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Barbarossa without the Great Purge
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As others already correctly noted, poor junior leadership is still an enormous issue for the Red Army. Even without the Terror this...
Apr 29, 2024
Julian
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Barbarossa without the Great Purge
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Instructions on how to command higher HQs (Corps, Armies, Fronts, etc.) and service manuals for HQ departments (Operations does this...
Apr 29, 2024
Julian
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Barbarossa without the Great Purge
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In terms of doctrine, the Terror paralyzed efforts to update manuals and other instructions until it was over (with aftershocks...
Apr 27, 2024
Julian
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Barbarossa without the Great Purge
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Zhukov commented in a 1944 memo that: A much deeper pool of high-ranking, educated officers would be very beneficial. The Terror was...
Apr 25, 2024
Julian
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Death of Stalin in Fall 1945
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Another interesting facet of the postwar era is the rapid growth of the Party just as ideological standards/education were significantly...
Apr 3, 2024
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Death of Stalin in Fall 1945
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I imagine Molotov will be Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars, as he was up until May ‘41. Malenkov could do the job, but...
Apr 1, 2024
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Death of Stalin in Fall 1945
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Re-upping with some additional thoughts. In 1947-48 you had a string of electoral revolts by the Party aktiv against regional first...
Apr 1, 2024
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What if Stalin only purged Trotskyites and didn't let mass psychosis/tattling set in?
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Hagenloh does a good job connecting wider trends in Soviet policing to the launch of the mass operations in Summer '37: Stalin's...
Mar 8, 2024
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