German overclaims in the East. Hartmann and others...

[Nikita Egorov]

Originally Posted by Broncazonk

But those are just the two (2) books that I've read this week. Do you really want to continue along these lines? I have maybe 500 other examples. Again: the fundamental requirement for Soviet commanders to finesse everything (lie) 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

Please stick to the point: "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."

Please advise any IAP, BAP, ShAP or other unit where it was practised and name any air unit commander who acted in this way.