TIK; My Patron, Björn Nord, asked if I could read an article (“Operation Barbarossa: 9 popular myths busted”) written by Swedish Historian Christer Bergström and comment upon it. Here’s the link to the article – https://www.historyextra.com/period/s…
Points discussed –
1. Stalin’s collapse
2. Mass surrenders by Soviet soldiers
3. Master spy Sorge contributed to the alleged relocation of the Soviet Far East armies that are supposed to have saved Moscow
4. The wearing down of the Wehrmacht through relentless Soviet counter-attacks
5. The vast numerical superiority enjoyed by the Soviets
6. It was the Arctic cold that halted the German offensive
7. The vast differences in troop casualties between the two sides on the Eastern Front
8. The Soviet partisans
9. The unknown wave of mass rape on the Eastern Front