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Originally Posted by Sloniksp
The "Ivan" was willing to sacrifice much more then the Germans,
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Or perhaps they had not met an adversary that was willing to sacrifice as much and that had the men and territory with which to do it.
German border 1940 to Paris - about 200 miles
German border 1940 Warsaw - about the same.
German border Oct 1939 to Kiev - over 500 miles.
German border to Moscow - over 600 miles.
Kiev is over 500 miles southwest of Moscow and Leningrad is about 400 miles northwest, with Kiev and Leningrad being close to 800 miles apart.
Great distances and divergent axes* faced the Germans.
The Soviets had the room to spare and apparently were willing spare the men.
*Plural of axis