The Soviets Aren't Good at Counter Offensives

The germans were still planning for the time to begin to tick down on their plan. Hitler refused, but kickd the can the road on the offensive, pushing the date back from may sixth to ninth. He did it again just two days before the original start of the battle. And he called his top generals together and explained to them for over an hour while he had personally decided that the attack was being postponed.