Antony Beevor

thumb|Antony Beevor Sir Antony James Beevor (born 14 December 1946) is a British military historian. Quotes ...I think that the point was that Stalin had realised what mistakes he’d made. Hitler refused to acknowledge any mistakes, but Stalin realised the mistakes he’d made and that’s when he started to listen to his generals, and that is why Stalingrad was not just a turning point psychologically in the war, it was a real turning point in the handling of Soviet Armies. It was also a turning point in the confidence of Soviet generals being able to face up to Stalin a little bit more, and also have less fear of the NKVD, and I think that this is a very important thing. Beria used to threaten generals in the crudest way possible, but generals were now realising that in fact they were starting to get more of a whip hand because of the desperate situation. Russia has always had this fear of encirclement, and that, in fact, is why it is much more of an expansive power than, say, China, or other major states. (2009) External links Category:1946 births Category:Historians from England Category:Non-fiction authors from England Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Category:People from London Category:Living people