Planning and Preparation for Operation Bagration by the Soviet High Command

[@hond654]

He is one of the biggest expert on logistics. I am simple guy, when I see his name, i just click and like.

[@michaelavanzini9092]

This was a fantastic discussion on Soviet operations.

[@jimwalsh1958space]

this was one of the best shows in ages. thank you WW2TV

[@peterhanlon8324]

One of the best WW2 presentations I have seen Enjoyed the attention to doctrine (towards the end) regarding broad front versus focused attacks

[@kennethhoppe2259]

This Channel Rocks

[@WW2TV]

Thanks Kenneth

[@Bratstvoijedinstvo1945]

Another incredible show. Loving the in-depth coverage of Bagration. Incredible stuff!

[@marchuvfulz]

Great presentation. The discussion of the attritional warfare preceding Bagration is great background for understanding the latter operation.

[@DanielHammersley]

HGW Davie gave a masterpiece of how the Soviet Planning was built, worked, and performed during the War. BRAVO! The Bagration (series of) offensive(s) was a game changer from their 1943 previous years' worth of sequentially launched attacks. Absolute gold minted here in this video! Thank you Mr. Davie & Woody! LUV'D it!

[@scottgrimwood8868]

Excellent presentation! I am learning a lot about Operation Bagration in these past few shows.

[@thcdreams654]

Awesome content. Appreciate it. Great work all around. Always insightful, entertaining, and informative.

[@meddy833]

I wanted to catch this live but the replay will be excellent I am sure. Mr. Davie does great work. Thanks again for another quality guest.

[@WW2TV]

Our pleasure!

[@ianprice9563]

I undertook my MA alongside Hugh. He’s a very talented chap - and now an actual academic! 👍

[@georgecooksey8216]

Excellent presentation. Thank you gentlemen

[@KevinJones-yh2jb]

Just watching now on a rerun, fantastic presentation from Mr H.G.W. Davie, a very interesting insight into how the Soviet High Command operated. Thank you Woody for putting this together with Mr Davie. WW2TV always at its best

[@Splodge542]

That was a real education. Thank-you.

[@LTrotsky21stCentury]

When I was young in the 1970s and 80s, I played a lot of wargames which involved the Eastern Front. But there was very little literature on the subject which used Soviet sources. Thankfully that has now changed, and we've learned a great deal more about this conflict - some of which comes as a great shock to most Americans and those in Western Europe.

[@FlytheW11216]

Great discussion on a topic I’m not very familiar with. Learning a lot about Bagration.

[@JFB-Haninge]

Excellent presentation..

[@HG_NL]

Great show :)

[@brucealbert4686]

Excellent guest.. congratulations!

[@ivanconnolly7332]

Brilliant.

[@dexterscott7824]

Excellent presentation! First class! Only thing missing was discussion of the effect of lend lease to increase Soviet mobility during Bagration.

[@WW2TV]

There's only so much that can be said on one show

[@michaelfleming6420]

Great insight into the Soviet conduct of the War.

[@Waterflux]

Another excellent coverage on the Soviet side of the war. Politburo members also tasked with Soviet industries would be consistent with the Soviet way of supply management--i.e., "supply-push". In the West, you would dispatch requisition orders for supplies (which is also known as "demand-pull"), but, in the Soviet Union, whatever supplies you get depends on where you stand in the list of priorities from your superiors' points of view. A side-note: I feel sorry for General Pavlov who was executed for the collapse of the Western Front in Belarus. I think he was put into an impossible situation. Furthermore, I am not even sure if a better rated general would have resulted in a different outcome. (1) Due to the way the frontline was shaped, Belarus was already semi-encircled at the start of the Barbarossa; (2) telephone lines that connected the Western Front HQ to Moscow were subjected to both sabotage and aerial bombing; (3) widespread lack of experience among both the front staff and subordinate commands.

[@sparkey6746]

Fascinating

[@vladimirpecherskiy1910]

That was extremely professional presentation. Even for such a snob as me.

[@mjstbnsn6294]

I knew of B.M. Shapasnikov from the book Stalin's Generals by Harold Shukman.

[@arebee-kh2xn]

Resource management (and limitations) ... still relevant today, eh ? (with recent changes at the high command in Moscow)

[@davidsabillon5182]

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