![]() ![]() ![]() That as much could be said for the other two fronts, however, was doubtful. Yet Zhukov would not have concurred in Halder's further assumption that the Soviet leadership "perhaps cannot react operatively at all." He found the Southwest Front staff confident and capable. Halder's Soviet counterpart, General Zhukov, who arrived at General Kirponos' Headquarters, Southwest Front, that night on the first of what would become a long series of similar coordinating missions, held much the same opinion, believing that neither a counterattack nor any other concerted move ought to be attempted until a clear picture of what was happening at the front was formed. Several hours before the third Soviet directive went out on the night of 22 June, Generaloberst Franz Halder, Chief of the German General Staff, had enough information to conclude that the Soviet forces had been tactically unprepared and "must now take our attack in the deployment in which they stand." 1 HyperWar: Moscow To Stalingrad: Decision In The East Chapter II ![]()
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