What Stalin knew

Description:

Murphy asks why the Soviet Union was so unprepared for the German attack in 1941. The highly efficient Soviet intelligence services warned Stalin several times about German preparations, but they were ignored. What led Stalin to make such an enormous blunder?

subjects: Campaigns,  Politics and government,  Military leadership,  World War, 1939-1945,  Stalin, joseph, 1879-1953,  World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, eastern front,  Soviet union, politics and government,  Soviet union, politics and government, 1917-1991,  Leadership militaire,  Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945,  Campagnes et batailles,  Politique et gouvernement,  Military campaigns,  Command of troops,  Diplomatie,  Russlandfeldzug,  Vorgeschichte,  Weltkrieg,  Fall Barbarossa,  Inlichtingendiensten,  Preventie,  Operacja Barbarossa,  Sovetskaja Associacija Meždunarodnogo Prava

People: Joseph Stalin (1879-1953)

Places: Eastern Front,  Soviet Union

Times: 1936-1953