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They only beat the Nazi Germany after allying with them[1], starting the war, and letting Germans bleed out across Europe. Even then, despite massive difference
by blfr 11y ago
They only beat the Nazi Germany after allying with them[1], starting the war, and letting Germans bleed out across Europe. Even then, despite massive difference in size and population (~100M people that Stalin hasn't murdered yet), barely.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pac...
- Confusion 11y agoIt's generally agreed upon that Germany started the war with Russia and that they lost because of the resources their Eastern front required.
- guard-of-terra 11y ago"letting Germans bleed out across Europe" How much exactly did they "bleed" before starting war with the USSR? AFAIK they mostly took countries intact with low to none losses.
- rangibaby 11y agoThey took 50-90% (depending on the source) of their total losses fighting the Soviets.
- olavk 11y agoThe USSR didn't "ally" with Germany. They signed a non-aggression treaty, which basically meant they agreed to not attack each other while partitioning weaker states. Which is similar to what the western powers did together with Germany at the Munich agreement (which didn't include the USSR).
- PerfectDlite 11y agoThey did ally with Nazi Germany. Non-allied states are not performing joint military invasions or provide military support to each other in ongoing war.
- theworstshill 11y ago80% of German casualties were on the Eastern Front. USSR fought Nazi Germany head on, matching its strength with human resources prior to 1942, and outmatching it technologically past 1942. Submachine guns for every infantryman, a large amounts of good tanks and artillery (including rocket artillery) and passable airplanes led USSR to victory.