tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383897115500989335.post3128707264525738642..comments2024-02-20T08:31:57.362-08:00Comments on WWII and other Book Reviews: Leningrad: State of Siege by Michael JonesT. Kunikovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03243004853811191350noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383897115500989335.post-58675730051568500552009-06-22T11:00:31.016-07:002009-06-22T11:00:31.016-07:00See my comment above, Michael Jones documents Beev...See my comment above, Michael Jones documents Beevor's mistakes in his book on Stalingrad. From what I can remember: Beevor lists a German division as being in Stalingrad which never was; he gives numbers of how many the NKVD supposed shot as deserters without any real evidence; he mistakes the fate of Pavlov (the famous sergeant from Pavlov's house) with that of another Pavlov. There are others, I'm sure, but that's all that I can recall at the moment.T. Kunikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243004853811191350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383897115500989335.post-24121684664107790382009-06-22T10:56:29.561-07:002009-06-22T10:56:29.561-07:00I am reading Beevor "Stalingrad" can you...I am reading Beevor "Stalingrad" can you tell me specifically which mistakes he made !!Adam.All@mail.runoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383897115500989335.post-62378035407598023112008-07-23T13:47:00.000-07:002008-07-23T13:47:00.000-07:00I actually do not recommend Beevor because of the ...I actually do not recommend Beevor because of the many mistakes he makes and he tends to propagate quite a few myths. If you're wondering which mistakes I mean I would refer you to Michael Jones's other book entitled "Stalingrad." I think you'll enjoy it much more than Beevor's book on the same subject.T. Kunikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243004853811191350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383897115500989335.post-51543046360356923622008-07-23T13:42:00.000-07:002008-07-23T13:42:00.000-07:00I'm like very much to read your reviews of Anthony...I'm like very much to read your reviews of Anthony Beevor. His "Stalingrad" and even more "The Fall of Berlin". If you have one please refer me to.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04442014328785621659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383897115500989335.post-35892731524914510392008-07-23T12:18:00.000-07:002008-07-23T12:18:00.000-07:00I know, but when Zhukov was called away Zhdanov wa...I know, but when Zhukov was called away Zhdanov was given temporary command. If you are interested in the details I highly recommend you read Michael's book.T. Kunikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243004853811191350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383897115500989335.post-60800527950929141222008-07-23T11:24:00.000-07:002008-07-23T11:24:00.000-07:00Zhukov and Zhdanov worked together in Leningrad at...Zhukov and Zhdanov worked together in Leningrad at the same time. Zhdanov was in charge of the city while Zhukov was the military comander.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04442014328785621659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383897115500989335.post-82069487367852354982008-06-19T16:39:00.000-07:002008-06-19T16:39:00.000-07:00I found your comments on Zhukov interesting. They...I found your comments on Zhukov interesting. They also confirm what I have read about him. Yet, by 1944 even he had begun to realize that the Soviet manpower pool was not inexhaustible. The reason it was not was because of tactics like you mentioned. <BR/><BR/>Did you know there is two words for cannibalism in Russian? One carries the conotation you would expect. The other is more, well socially acceptable, it reconizes that in some circumstances the long pig is the only white meat available.<BR/><BR/>The German SD was running operations into Leningrad using Russian turncoats with false papers. Their mission was spying and disinformation. I never got the sense they were very sucessful.<BR/><BR/>I believe more civilians and soldiers lost their lives in the defense of Leningrad then the US lost in the entire war. The siege was an extremely brutal an ugly event.<BR/><BR/>SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com