• flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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    2 个月前

    Changing a supreme commander every 1.5-2 years turned out to be a good practice during WWII for a reason. Every general has a limited supply of new tricks, you need to periodically rotate a fresh one in

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    I know what’s happening now in Kursk, but what’s the other mechanized offensive? I’m struggling to recall.

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      Maybe the Kharkiv counteroffensive?

      Dude was in charge of the defense of Kyiv early in the war, and of the counteroffensive in the North that succeeded so well everyone forgot there was ever a northern front line inside of Ukraine. That’s one hell of a resume man.

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    The obvious lesson here is that something isn’t “impossible” just because the Russians can’t pull it off, LOL