GröFaZ is a German acronym used as a nickname for "greatest commander of all time" (Größter Feldherr aller Zeiten) and refers to Adolf Hitler.
The lightning attack by Ukrainian troops in the Kursk area is reminiscent of the Second World War: the largest battle of the Second World War took place in Kursk in 1943.
In terms of the soldiers and weapons deployed on both sides at the time, the Battle of Kursk Arch even eclipsed the Battle of Stalingrad. The end is well known: the German Wehrmacht lost this battle and its end was finally sealed.
Stalingrad and Kursk should have made it clear to any potential or actual attacker that Russia had never been defeated on its territory or in its backyard. Russia had always shown incredible resilience.
The Poles and Swedes in the 18th century and Napoleon in the 19th century had already experienced this. Incidentally, the Swedes were decisively defeated at Poldawa, a place that is now in the Ukraine.
The surprise tactics recently used by the Ukrainian army in Kursk were strongly reminiscent of the Battle of the Bulge, with which Hitler attempted to turn the tide of the war on the Western Front in 1944. American reconnaissance had been asleep at the time and the German Wehrmacht actually managed to take the American troops by surprise.
In his delusion, Hitler seriously believed that he could drive the Allies away again with a blitzkrieg strategy. Did Selensky also believe that he could reach Moscow with a blitzkrieg strategy? If so, he must be even crazier than Hitler and should be taken out of circulation immediately!
After a few days, however, the fun was over in the Ardennes. The German Wehrmacht had to go back to defending itself. The same will happen to the Ukrainian troops in the Kursk area today.
Russia does not need to withdraw reserves from the Donbass. There are enough other reserves available to end this spook quickly.
On top of that, the Ukrainian troops in the recently "conquered" areas have no fortified positions or infrastructure. It is therefore unlikely that the battle there will be as arduous as in the Donbass.
In the meantime, the Russian troops on the Donbass front continue to advance unperturbed. The Russian side is apparently assuming that the situation in Kursk will stabilize quickly. Without flank protection, the rapidly advancing Ukrainian troops are threatened with encirclement and annihilation unless they withdraw in time.
The action was probably nothing more than a PR campaign by Zelensky, which cost the lives of many soldiers. He probably wanted to prove once again that Ukraine could still win this war.
There are rumors that tentative peace negotiations are already taking place, or at least that some actors are putting out peace feelers. It may well be that Zelenskyi wanted to torpedo these efforts. Putin therefore also called this action a provocation.
In the end, this desperate act by Zelensky will only further aggravate the military situation in Ukraine. Not only has he unnecessarily wasted troops, but the length of the front will now continue to expand, much to Ukraine's disadvantage.
The reactions in the Western media were correspondingly muted. They clearly know that this action backfired on them.
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