> and his terrible _strategic_ mishandling of the space and time won by
> the Pact, and his refusal to take countermeasures when he had
> reliable information about the attack -- all of which you can find in
> Erickson, whom I have read. Fugate I haven't.
So take a look at: Bryan I. Fugate, _Operation Barbarossa : Strategy and Tactics on the Eastern Front, 1941_ (1984), which may persuade you of a wholly different view.
john mage