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Originally Posted by mmarsh ...and Stalin due to his nature of trusting nobody though it was a trick. |
Regardless of what he thought, he should not have been as unprepared as he was. He gambled with his nation's survival by sticking his head in the sand. He was also unlucky in the sense that it was not the best time for his reforming Red Army to actually have to do something, like defend against the most professional and seasoned army in the world.