Operation Barbarossa - who knows ?

[Jolly Roger]

Hi folks.

Recently I´ve read a comment about the initial sucess of Operation
Barbarossa in Summer 1941, claiming the crushing defeat of soviet
forces resulted from the fact they were deployed for an attack on
Nazi-Germany. The author pointed out that all russian forces were
concentrated within a range of 50 km along the border, without
preparing any fortifications in the frontline or their rear.
He claimed this huge army would have run out of supply very soon,
if kept in this position for longer than a month.

Guess that´s anti-soviet propaganda and
another attempt to justify the attack on the Sovietunion.
In my opinion German High Command was unaware of the real strength of soviet border forces, so it couldn´t have been a preventive war.

But what was the soviet strategy in Summer 1941 ??? :conf:

Cheers, Klaus