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Old 22nd November 2017, 06:49 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by TubbaBlubba View Post
That's a bit of a mythical exaggeration. Lend-lease was a big help in the later phases of the war, but Russia's own production always dwarfed Germany's. Already by the Battle of Moscow, the tide had turned against the Germans, who had massively underestimated the Russian morale, manpower reserves and the administrative capabilities of the Soviet government. They were absolutely shocked when well over a million men turned up as if from nowhere.

Barbarossa was never going to succeed - there was no way to destroy the Russian army and government without thinning the German front too much.
Arguing about WWII is off topic, I only wanted to remind Caveman1917, who wants to claim communism beats fascism as though it's a rock/paper/scissors truism, that the reality is the communists took a hard beating at the hands of the Nazis.

Yes, Russia's production dwarfed Germany's, as it should have. Russia had more than double the population and the access to resources, yet when Germany invaded they went deep and slaughtered Russians by the millions even while fighting another war on its other front. Yes, the Russians repelled them eventually, but at a staggering cost in humans lives.

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