highly mobile, well-coordinated force with superior technology
refining strategy and tactics in order to fight more effectively was hampered by politcs
Yeah no, again, if you didn’t get your understanding of history through memes/pop-culture osmosis, you’d understand how silly these statements were in this context; the soviets were either comparable or better at all 3 compared to nazi germany, and in the case of refining tactics, the western allies too. The USSR’s system of having the political and military officers submit independent reports is why they tend to be much more accurate when compared against enemy reports of their own equipment numbers than the western allies, or especially the nazis (though China and Japanese reports are something else). If you want I can talk about some books I read, but I really feel like you’re not interested in the actual history and it would be a waste of time.
your comparative casualty numbers seem to imply
Did you even look at the numbers? The point is that the USSR didn’t send endless waves of men any more than the germans did, evidenced by the number of military casualties being roughly similar.
Perhaps more preparation to fight the fascists
We’re talking about a country that opened it’s first tractor factory in 1930, in Stalingrad. The USSR saw the writing on the wall and was preparing for this war before anyone else, and that preparation included ensuring the western allies wouldn’t just sit back and continue to support Nazi Germany as they took care of the global threat of communism.
Stalin backed off of trying to micromanage the war effort
Funny, I thought you were going to go with the myth about Stalin hiding in his room for a week when the nazis invaded.
Yeah no, again, if you didn’t get your understanding of history through memes/pop-culture osmosis, you’d understand how silly these statements were in this context; the soviets were either comparable or better at all 3 compared to nazi germany, and in the case of refining tactics, the western allies too. The USSR’s system of having the political and military officers submit independent reports is why they tend to be much more accurate when compared against enemy reports of their own equipment numbers than the western allies, or especially the nazis (though China and Japanese reports are something else). If you want I can talk about some books I read, but I really feel like you’re not interested in the actual history and it would be a waste of time.
Did you even look at the numbers? The point is that the USSR didn’t send endless waves of men any more than the germans did, evidenced by the number of military casualties being roughly similar.
We’re talking about a country that opened it’s first tractor factory in 1930, in Stalingrad. The USSR saw the writing on the wall and was preparing for this war before anyone else, and that preparation included ensuring the western allies wouldn’t just sit back and continue to support Nazi Germany as they took care of the global threat of communism.
Funny, I thought you were going to go with the myth about Stalin hiding in his room for a week when the nazis invaded.