Thread: Purges

I liked it more than the others(perhaps because I disagreed with some of his points,like reaching Ploiesti in 3hrs ).I also doubt that Stalin was doing a big service to the motherland by promoting the likes of Mekhlis and Beria while killing Ejov or Blucher.But if the point about the number of politrucs and blue eyed boys that ended dead compared to veritable military officers turns to be true, it's something that will indeed change a chapter in WW2 historiography.

p.s Me being a mere simpleton I also like his style.Funny reading while traveling with our super-fast trains.

Originally Posted by Mihais

I liked it more than the others(perhaps because I disagreed with some of his points,like reaching Ploiesti in 3hrs ).I also doubt that Stalin was doing a big service to the motherland by promoting the likes of Mekhlis and Beria while killing Ejov or Blucher.But if the point about the number of politrucs and blue eyed boys that ended dead compared to veritable military officers turns to be true, it's something that will indeed change a chapter in WW2 historiography.

p.s Me being a mere simpleton I also like his style.Funny reading while traveling with our super-fast trains.

I fail to see any significant difference between Ejov and Beria ,Mihais.

Suvorov says somewhere in the book that Stalin replaced the murderous scumbags that repressed the people,with new faces,more likely to be accepted and followed by the masses.Especially during wartime.My point in that matter coincides with your point on the matter.

p.s Perhaps Ejov wasn't a rapist,so maybe there is a difference afterall.

I'm only at chapter 5 so i don't have a definitive image in mind regarding the entire book but i have read other material and i have a general opinion regarding this issue.
Also a lot of doubts , here is one:
Konstantin Rokossovsky , marshal of the Soviet Union, had bean accused of espionage and: " After interrogations that included torture resulting in nine missing teeth, three cracked ribs, the removal of his fingernails, and three mock shooting ceremonies, he was sent to the Kresty Prison in Leningrad, where he remained until March 1940"

Things could had turned different for K.K. and the Red army could have lost one brilliant commander. (not necessary a bad thing from our point of view,,, )

Generally speaking,Suvorov has some bright ideas,but tends to surround them with a mountain of crap.He's either truly independent and needs some $$,so a bit of exageration,a slight omission here and there serves his account well.Or he's not truly independent,so he does what his kind does best.Afterall,these guys learn about disinformation by the time they learn how to drink.But the gems deserve the digging.
On a side note,good ole me had the pleasure of attending a lecture a month ago by Army General(ret.) M.A Gareev and MG(ret) A.M Zolotarov,from the Historical Dept. of our brotherly army.When it came to answer(after the meeting,on the hallway) about the RKKA deployments in Bessarabia before June '41 as well as about the border incidents,the (ex)comrades said-''OIL".
q.e.d

I remembered about Pavel Dybenko.The hero that could not speak ''Americanish".What an a.....le was Stalin,to kill such a lad.Strictly from our pov.

Boy,what a laugh I had.