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Originally Posted by Broncazonk
Soviet commanders used finesse when reporting losses. When there were too many combat losses, a few got reported lost due to weather and some were lost due to mechanical failure. Too many mechanical failures, and a few were reported lost due to combat losses and some due to weather. The idea was to keep everything in balance. Records and reports were constantly being finessed to not attract attention.
And Soviet commanders were very good at hiding this, because their lives depended not only on doing it, but also on keeping it secret.
The fundamental requirement for Soviet commanders to finesse everything at every stage of reporting is so obvious and prevalent in the literature that it's not even a matter of debate. It's a fact.
Bronc
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Would you be so kind as to illustrate you words with examples containing precise references to the documents.