Interesting Question, but what do other countries do for another year? Does,Germany build more and better tanks, start jet aircraft and rocket...
The contribution of Siberian Divisions at Moscow in '41 is overrated. They were not the - Straw That Broke the Camel's Back - sort of speak.
I read that Soviets had Flu and Booster/Vitamin shots for the troops at Stalingrad.
Russian Army was a reflection of the regime that controlled it. Mercy was in short supply in Soviet Russia at that time. Both - Hitler's Germany...
1st goal of Barbarossa was the destruction of Soviet Forces in Western Russia and preventing their escape to the east. Red Army forces in Kiev...
Definitely not the greatest but deserves a mention- General Mikhail Grigoryevich Yefremov. The man refused to leave his troops and was the only...
War is the continuation of politics by other means. The value of Russian Army’s victory can never be taken away, but it was created to serve one...
If Russia is not ready for war and Germany is even less ready, would that make Russia more ready for war than Germany?
How can a country that is not ready, still win the war after the Barbarossa? Multiple factors played the role during the collapse insummer of...
A country that was ready for total war. A country that has the largest military in the world. A country that already started a full mobilization...
Red Army Military Judicial System during WW2 executed about 46,000 people. During battle of Stalingrad Russians shot about 14,000 men. That is not...
Take any claim of kill (sniper, air) and subtract 25%-30% and you will get a more realistic figures. In Stalingrad Soviet snipers were also...
Nice find. I was born and raised in Moscow, that is my city.
Thank you for a great story.
Be careful when mentioning Suvorov here. There were a lot of Russians who were not willing to die for Stalin. More Russians served\helped the...
Both sides in this debate did some truly evil things. One side hides its sins behind the (Cost of Victory), and the other excuses their evil doers...
I think in WW2 you can cut all aerial victories by 1/3 – ½ toget more realistic figures. Sorry, I know this is off topic, but that’s what happens...
Russian atrocities were mostly directed inwards, toward their own citizens and people in the territories of expanding Soviet Union. Soviet State...
Soviet motto – Victory at any Price is the biggest Soviet Atrocity of the war. Russian life is cheap and Red Army was good at wasting many good...
