Dashing Soviet World War II Myths

Dashing Soviet World War II Myths

Joseph C. Goulden (Review) - The Washington Times

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/29/dashing-soviet-wwii-myths/

... Mr. Mosier, one of the more entertainingly contrarian military historians writing today, convincingly dashes these myths - and more - in an important and groundbreaking book [Deathride: Hitler vs. Stalin: The Eastern Front, 1941-1945] ... The Red army suffered casualties at the rate of 5-to-1 over the Germans ... As the war wound down in the spring of 1945, Russian losses continued to be so heavy that the Red army desperately conscripted all men between the ages of 14 and 60 and prepared to form all-female combat units. As Sir Winston Churchill wryly commented about Stalin's penchant for lying, "The Bolsheviks have discovered that truth does not matter as long as there is reiteration ..."