For those interested in the Eastern Front in WW2, here is a 1 hour video on a talk done by David Glantz. In the video, Glantz debunks a few common myths assoiciated with the Eastern Front and provides an interesting overview of the campaign. Glantz in his books, mentions that most of what we know about the Eastern Front is due to several books written by people, in the first 2 decades after 1945, such as Guderian, Mellenthin, Manstein, etc, who all claim that if only Hitler had allowed his generals a free hand, to conduct a war of maneuver, the end result might have been different. Glantz however is of the opinion that, the end result, irrespective of whether Hitler had allowed his ablest Generals a free hand, would have been the same - a defeated Germany.
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Clz27nghIg"]The Soviet-German War, 1941-1945: Myths and Realities - YouTube[/nomedia]
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Clz27nghIg"]The Soviet-German War, 1941-1945: Myths and Realities - YouTube[/nomedia]