Had those generals not been purged, the war would have been lost. They would have constituted a fascist fifth column like in so many other nations that fell to fascism.

but tukhachevsky was interrogated by yezhov

I mean it is hard to argue with the fact that Stalin so comprehensively destroyed the nazis

yeah I'll give stalin credit there

And listened to zhukov

Archives released from Germany and Japan strongly point to his guilt.

I think the more interesting question is what exactly were those leaders who got purged and executed thinking by collaborating with fascists

Well for that

You'd probably want to read about the psychology of fascism

I reject that they were fascists

were they genuinely fascist or just anti-stalinist?

I think it was the latter

I can't see how it could be the former

so without stalin in power they most likely wouldn't have betrayed the USSR

You know what it was? They probably thought Stalin was revisionist

Stalin thought they were revisionist

probably

Everybody thinks everybody else is revisionist

hahaha so true

Nobody ever thinks they may be applying the principles of marxism leninism incorrectly

you guys watch that film

the death of stalin

its actually funny

no but I heard about it from the moscow times

theres some true parts to it

Its funny as fuck either way

and they are very respectful to zhukov

in the portrayal

I don't know about Zhukov. As good of a marshal he was, he did conspire with Khruschev

yeah against beria

And both Stalinists and Trots hate Khruschev

Iv never seen anything positive written about him

But then again better that they got Beria out

better an oaf than a psychopath

Beria smoked out Yezhov, and he pretty much halted all the illegal executions Yezhov was carrying out

I think there's pretty good evidence he was a rapist

I dont think that's purely smear

Really? Jeez

They found bones

I mean fuck who knows for sure

but I can defend Stalin more comfortably than him