, ▁possessed ▁of ▁immense ▁and ▁seem ingly ▁in ex ha ust ible ▁resources ". ▁As ▁the ▁result , ▁according ▁to ▁M ell enth in , ▁the ▁" end less ▁waves ▁of ▁men ▁and ▁t anks " ▁eventually ▁" sub mer ged " ▁the ▁supposed ly ▁superior ▁We hr macht . ▁ ▁We hr macht ' s ▁advers aries ▁on ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Front ▁are ▁consist ently ▁dep icted ▁in ▁der og atory ▁and ▁ra cial ▁terms , ▁including ▁in ▁a ▁section ▁dedicated ▁to ▁the ▁" P s ych ology ▁of ▁the ▁Russian ▁Sold ier ". ▁According ▁to ▁M ell enth in , ▁" Russ ian ▁soldier " ▁is ▁a ▁" prim itive ▁being ", ▁character ised ▁by ▁" ment al ▁sl ugg ish ness " ▁and ▁lack ing ▁a ▁" rel ig ious ▁or ▁moral ▁balance ". ▁He ▁describes ▁them ▁as ▁" prim itive " ▁" A si at ics ". ▁ ▁Pan zer ▁Batt les ▁was ▁instrument al ▁in ▁forming ▁the ▁mis con ception s ▁which ▁influenced ▁the ▁U . S . ▁view ▁of ▁Eastern ▁Front ▁military ▁operations ▁up ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁when ▁Soviet ▁arch ival ▁sources ▁became ▁available ▁to ▁Western ▁and ▁Russian ▁histor ians . ▁The ▁historian ▁Robert ▁Cit ino ▁notes ▁the ▁influ ential ▁nature ▁of ▁M ell enth in ' s ▁works ▁in ▁sh aping ▁the ▁per ception s ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁Army ▁in ▁the ▁West ▁as ▁" a ▁fac eless ▁and ▁mind less ▁hor de " ▁whose ▁idea ▁of ▁military ▁art ▁was ▁to ▁" sm ash