"thirty 31,500-ton barges"
Well, that ar some big barges.🙄

The source must have been something like "30, 31 500-ton barges" meaning 30 barges or 31 barges.
#ospalhreads #GrandDelusion #Gorodetsky #barge #monsterBarge

Ugh.
Found another tipografic sin in the book.
And it is not just violating a rule, but confusing.
I thought the sentence ended with »borders .«, and that the real typo was a rogue space between a word and a full stop.

No, yu do not put a line break inside an #ellipsis.
#ospalhReads #GrandDelusion #Gorodetsky #typography #tipografy #ellipsis

»Lublin–Krakovsky region«
Now the author has stopped translating and is just transliterating.

In context that frase makes sense. I don't see Poles using
»Lublin Cracow region«, but this is a Soviet general staring down the Wehrmacht in Poland and wondering whether they will march again

#ospalhReads #GrandDelusion #Gorodetsky

Oh, so there ar three spelling variants
•Romania
•Rumania
•Roumania
and this book uses them all! 🤦🏼

OK, the »Roumania« is in quotes, but yu could write it as »R[u]mania« or put the change in the notes.
The »Romania« is in a translated quote. Here the author could just have changed it.

#ospalhReads #GrandDelusion #Gorodetsky #RomaniaRoumaniaRumania

Other bits ar just the author making spelling errors and the editors not catching them.
This seems to be from a Bulgarian source, so presumably the author’s transliteration/translation.

Or maybe it is one of those infamous »Flemish tipografers« that inserted the »h« into »gost«.
#ospalhReads #GrandDelusion #Gorodetsky #simplifiedSpelling

Looks like #Gorodetsky has a bit of a Problem with names. Not that great for a historian.
The Index of #GrandDelusion: »Saracoglu, Shukru«
🤔 Looks Turkish to me. That is, misspelt Turkish. That’s supposed to be a »ğ«, innit?
… and an »Ş« instead of a »Sh« and two »ü«s.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%BCkr%C3%BC_Saraco%C4%9Flu

#ospalhReads

Şükrü Saracoğlu – Wikipedia

The core point of the book, »Stalin did not plan on invading Nazi held territories« is a bit harder to proof than it seems.
You aren’t done with proving that Hitler didn’t invade to stop Stalin, but for conquest and murder.
You could have both of them ready to attack the other.
#ospalhReads #GrandDelusion #Gorodetsky