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In general an excellent post. I assume the generalissimo reference is ironic, as Stalin was a terrible military strategist, and the tide turned in favor of the USSR as Zhukov gained strategic control.


I really don't know how good Stalin was as a military strategist but from my readings of the biography of V.Grabin (Soviet artillery engineer) that was published in 1989, in which Grabin mentioned that during pre-WWII and WWII period, Stalin had a strong strong personal opinion and very good knowledge about artillery and military hardware, and would often attend a lot of trials and have a strong opinion about performance, even when it differed from many other Soviet bosses and military experts.