"Almost all military strategists agree that this is the key reason for the failure of the Battle of Kyiv. We are able to analyze this battle here because we already know the outcome. However, I often thought that if I had been in those days, if I had been in the upper echelons of the Soviet army, and even if I had been in command of both the Allied and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, I would not have been able to judge at that time that Stalin's decisions had such a bad effect on the subsequent wars.

When the German Army Group Center South made the first contact with the Soviet Southwestern Front, on the border on the periphery of Ukraine, when the Soviet troops made their first strategic retreat......

I don't know that there was a force within the Soviet Union that was gradually slandering and slandering General Zhukov.

I didn't know that after the successful sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the later Japanese Navy Marshal Isoroku Yamamoto was lying on his Pacific battle map, sketching out a huge battle plan. This operation was directly related to a critical convoy of supplies that the United States had aided to the Soviet Union.

Little did I know that in the Middle East, an American diplomat was urging the local armed forces to unite and deploy against Rommel with British troops sent by Randolph's British government-in-exile overseas.

I didn't even know that the Soviet-German war situation, which was joined by Field Marshal Bock of the German Army Group Center, had reached the most critical juncture. And Stalin actually listened to internal rumors, removed General Zhukov, who could have saved the fate of more than 600,000 Soviet troops, and stepped up the reuse of a generation of mediocre Pavlov.

The whole war, in early July 1941, took a huge turn of events because of the position of a key gear.

This is a precision rotating historical machine, and every screw and every gear on the machine is related and interconnected. The battle situation on the Eastern Front has attracted the attention of the entire human world. The victory or defeat here involves the Soviet Union and Germany, as well as the trend of the entire Second World War.

Therefore, leaving aside all known results, I deplore Stalin's unreserved support for General Pavlov and the unfair treatment of Zhukov, a famous general, with almost complete unknowledge. It was this kind of mistake that led to the German army leaving a legend in military history and creating the largest siege and annihilation battle in history.

The Allies were able to win the war in the end, at least, and the Allies were able to fight so smoothly in the early stage, I think, the turning point was at this time.

In my opinion, there is only one reason.

That is, on that day, Zhukov was thrown into prison for treason. ”

———————————— "The Third Reich in a Desperate Situation", by Zhang Chengtian

When Zhang Chengtian, the most famous expert on German history of World War II, recounted this period of history, he was full of emotion and banter.

At that time, the Allies were only in the first place. Even if the small countries of Greece, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria are included, the Allied bloc is still slightly weaker than the Soviet Union in terms of the overall potential for military expansion.

However, the Soviet high-level self-destruction of the Great Wall put Zhukov, who had the best hope of saving the fate of the Soviet army at that time, into prison, and put the stigma of treason, which just buried their original hope.

"Let Pavlov's Western Front open the door and completely defeat the enemy forces of the Allies."

This sentence was almost the only military instruction after Stalin removed Zhukov.

As for how Pavlov should defeat the Allied army, how to arrange the Southwestern Front left behind by Zhukov and Kirponos, and whether to continue to carry out Zhukov's original retreat order or stay where it was, Stalin did not immediately give instructions.

And Timoshenko, a generation of famous Soviet generals he sent to the Southwestern Front to take over the work, was a general who was really afraid of the German army compared to Zhukov.

Timoshenko, who had indirectly seen the combat effectiveness of the German army in Poland, knew better than Zhukov how big the gap between the two sides was. The Polish army was inseparable from the Soviet army at that time with fewer troops, while the main force of the Polish army was easily annihilated, encircled and suppressed by the German army, and it also played a German division to resist a Polish army group.

All of this was experienced by Timoshenko himself.

Therefore, after the return of Timoshenko, Zhukov's previous orders were not changed at all, and he pretended to coordinate with the departments of the Southwestern Front to deal with Stalin with a delay, reporting that after he took control of the troops, the army had already fully retreated to the preset front in accordance with Zhukov's previous orders, and completely abandoned the first front.

But in fact, after arriving at Timoshenko, he secretly ordered the whole army to speed up the retreat, and according to Zhukov's order, immediately arrived at the rear front to redeploy.

That is, Zhukov was captured, but the order he left behind did not change at all. Moreover, due to the change of command level, there was also an extremely chaotic transition period in the Southwestern Front.

Nothing has changed, but Zhukov was convicted for it. The new commander is still doing exactly the same thing as Zhukov. During the whole process, Zhukov was arrested for simply no sense, not even a basic boost to the morale of the resistance.

However, Pavlov, the author of all this, did not care.

"Hahaha! Finally brought Zhukov down! "After learning that Zhukov had been accused of treason because of his unfavorable battles, Pavlov was very proud.

In this way, Stalin could rely on him, but he was the only one left.

Pavlov thinks that he can see very clearly, although Zhukov's talent and ability are stronger than his own, he is sensible, not like Zhukov who is irritable and likes to contradict his boss, and does not want Zhukov to often make people unable to get off the stage.

Pavlov was a sleek man, had a good relationship with his superiors, and his military prowess was slightly inferior to Zhukov's, and he was also a well-known expert in tank warfare within the Soviet army at the time, and Stalin expected him significantly more than Zhukov, who was promoted by him.

With so much combat experience, Pavlov thinks that he has also had a lot of experience. In his opinion, if a comprehensive score is to be conducted, Zhukov's military talent will have 8 points, and the combat effectiveness of the troops under his command will be 2 points, a total of 10 points.

But under Pavlov's hands, he has not been damaged at all, the most elite trump card of the entire Soviet army, the combat effectiveness can be rated 7 points, plus Pavlov's own 6 points of military talent trained in many years of battles, the total score is 13 points, which is much higher than Zhukov and his Southwestern Front combined.

The general meaning is that my ability is a little worse, but I have a lot, and the people under my command are better at fighting, so I must have a better record than you Zhukov.

In addition, Stalin, who lost Zhukov, is left with only such a henchman who was personally raised, and Stalin will definitely rely on himself more.

Thinking of this, Pavlov smiled proudly at several of his staff officers: "Zhukov, who likes to be smart, is probably very unwilling now......