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Soviet Union would have lost the war if Stalin and his henchmen didn't stop terrorizing the people. Only when Stalin strategically decided to give more freedom,
by myth_drannon 5y ago
Soviet Union would have lost the war if Stalin and his henchmen didn't stop terrorizing the people. Only when Stalin strategically decided to give more freedom, Soviet people started to mobilize and defend their homeland. Before it was no difference between the two evils. The rest is history.
Of course after the war, NKVD and the rest were given free reign again.
- the_af 5y agoAgreed! As the war progressed, an interesting parallel developed: as Stalin learned to trust his generals and give them free reign to make plans, Soviet successes increased. Conversely, as Germany experienced its first dramatic setbacks, Hitler grew more paranoid and trusted his generals less and less, and disasters grew larger and more frequent.