Swastikas, Roman Gear, modern reenactment (cont from market)

[caiusbeerquitius]

I'm sorry, but that offends me. You are acting like I'm some idiot who knows nothing about this. Perhaps YOU should read some books too.

Hi!
That was not my intention and of course I apologize.
I have read several books on this topic and related ones. I did not deny that Stalin had plans attacking Europe. However, the argument of the pulled-down border defences for the immanent start of a war is still hotly under debate by people much more knowlegdable than I am. What I meant is, that especially such definite statements as you give them are IMO unappropriate. A definite statement about what really happened will probaly never be established, and if, it will take some time and a lot more discourse amongst the historians interested in the subject.

Read: Gerd R. Ueberschär, Der deutsche Angriff auf die Sowjetunion 1941. Die Kontroverse um die Präventivkriegsthese, Darmstadt, 1998.