I think much of the lack of knowledge stems from the Cold War and the Wests desire to demonize the Soviets(and vice verse) as a result from an official standard education we in the west still learn little about the Soviet/German side of the war besides that they fought.Interestingly one place where this is not the case are the US military War Colleges many grads studied Red Army and Soviet Army history and strategy. You should speak with my cousin a retired Marine Corps Colonel he knows so much about Soviet military history and strategy he could easily write a multi volume book on the subject mention Kursk or Operation Mars or anything else around him and you will be sitting there for hours discussing.
The whole every German was a Nazi every Russian a hardcore Red is just the same BS hate that you see everywhere.
I have had much interest in military history including WWII but as a kid and teen I read basically nothing about the Soviets/Russians in WWII.It was not until a buddy in the military gave the book "Enemy At the Gates"(which inspired the movie later) that I read anything about the Eastern Front.The books on this subject are less common and are often published by university presses University of Kansas press has several good Eastern Front books most by Russian authors(some actual vets) that are direct translations.
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