Battle of Moscow yes, S. became over confident, but as I said he learnt from his mistakes and evolved positively. You can't compare the Stalin of 1941 with the Stalin of Spring 43 onwards.
Forget about Chuikov, he never made it even to Front Commander. Besides as commander of 62nd Army stuck at Stalingrad he only knew of Op. Uranus (Sov. encirlement of Stalingrad) 2 days only before start-up. Great, eh?
Do read The Road to Berlin and see S. in action.
Look, we're not here to clobber you, you came here with a question and I'm giving you an answer. I'm sorry if you don't like it, I can pipe down and go away if you prefer
"yes-men that are too afraid to tell the truth" instead
