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Barton Whaley

CODEWORD BARBAROSSA Hardcover – January 1, 1972

by Barton Whaley (Author)

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January 1, 1972
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07MNTXBVG
Publisher ‏ : ‎ MIT Press; 1st edition (January 1, 1972)
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds

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Stephen M. St Onge

A Different Theory of Operation Barbarossa

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2019

As everyone knows, Hitler's attack on Stalin's USSR took the Red Army completely by surprise. This has long been ascribed to Stalin stubbornly and incompetently refusing to pay attention to the evidence of the coming attack.

Whaley argues that what happened was different. Hitler, he says, systematically deceived Stalin, at first making him think that the troops near the Soviet border were training for an invasion of Britain, and later leading Stalin to believe that Germany was preparing an ultimatum for the USSR that the armies were intended to pressure Stalin into conceding.

Quite interesting, if you like this sort of thing.

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Spike

Groundbreaking Academic Study of the Outbreak of the Great Patriotic War

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2019

This early 70's study shows how the Germans, through luck and a strong campaign of disinformation led Stalin to believe he had a year or more of peace coming even as . Nazi Germany was planning the immediate invasion of the USSR, Whaley's work has since been largely confirmed during the period when Soviet archives were open to Western academics.

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T.A.L. Dozer

How Stalin was fooled by Hitler!

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2012

How Stalin was fooled by Hitler!

Barton Whaley's "Codeword Barbarossa" is an excellent, thoroughly documented study of the reasons why Germany had complete strategic surprise when it suddenly attacked the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941. Whaley examines the successful German deception effort and develops a new explanation for understanding why Stalin was fooled by Hitler. He shows how disinformation reduced ambiguity in Stalin's mind, making him more certain, yet wronger, about German intentions.

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