In any case, the true reasons for Russian victory on the Eastern Front in World War II must include Hitler's madness, one of Russia's greatest generals, Georgy Zhukov, the historical Russian winter, and most importantly, the will of the Russian people.

The paper is about hand selected topics that I feel led to USSR's victory. At the same time, I was supposed to mention arguments which defended Stalin.

I mentioned things throughout Stalingrad and the Eastern Front, but the point of the paper was not to chronicle all the specific problems that occurred in Stalingrad or the Eastern Front. The paper was 14+ pages as it was - you are telling me I didn't mention enough; meanwhile, it was only supposed to be 12.....how much more could I have possibly added in?

Zhukov was no mastermind. He put togeather a sound, if not highly original, plan for the Soviet counter offensive.

That's your opinion - Erickson and Overy both wrote in their books that Zhukov was a great general.