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True, but the Soviets were going from basically the worst officer corps in 40, so it was easy to improve.
They did improve, and the Germans made a terrible mistake with Case Blue, as they went beyond their logistics, and made it pretty easy for an army to be destroyed.
The Soviets still made some serious mistakes in 43 ala Kharkov, and even at Kursk they took some massive losses for no good reason.
Afterwards, with their "Deep Penetration" doctrine and tons on artillery, they were able to take on the exhausted Germans pretty well. Thoush even then, they took absurd losses, while the Germans didn't in similar places. Look at Budapest, what a CF for the Soviets, it should have been much cleaner.
They did improve, and the Germans made a terrible mistake with Case Blue, as they went beyond their logistics, and made it pretty easy for an army to be destroyed.
The Soviets still made some serious mistakes in 43 ala Kharkov, and even at Kursk they took some massive losses for no good reason.
Afterwards, with their "Deep Penetration" doctrine and tons on artillery, they were able to take on the exhausted Germans pretty well. Thoush even then, they took absurd losses, while the Germans didn't in similar places. Look at Budapest, what a CF for the Soviets, it should have been much cleaner.