I didn't read it as them dismissing "battles" per se. But more or less saying that even if a particular battle was lost, another battle would have occurred beca

I didn't read it as them dismissing "battles" per se. But more or less saying that even if a particular battle was lost, another battle would have occurred because of the industry backing. IE In reality, XYZ battles occurred. In an alternate reality if some of them lost, then we'd have new HIJ battles that won instead - because industry. What would have happened if USSR lost "the enemy at the gates"? Did they have the industry to "do it again and win this time"? I honestly don't know, I am not much better than pop culture. But I do heartily agree that pop culture lacks perspective on the USSR involvement. Partly because Hollywood contents travels world wide and partly because no one sees Stalin as someone they want to attribute "success" to, in particular because of the way it was done. I mean, Hitler probably had some good traits(maybe he was nice to dogs?), but no one wants to be the one saying that... A lack of dynamic range in judgement as it were.