Soviets were only able to beat Germany because we supplied their army

Aug 7, 2020
11:19:58pm

ayfan All-American

There is a reason Germany waxed them early in the war, and struggled so much later on. Russia did get better Generals in place, but they still would have lost if the US hadn't supplied them tanks, trucks, etc.

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Watching Enemy at the Gates tonight..

JohnnyComeLately Masterful Leadership

8/7/20 10:50pm

Yep. Stalin had no qualms about sending so many to their deaths.

SpiffCoug

8/7/20 10:51pm

They also made a deal with the devil and lost

mobius

8/7/20 10:52pm

The reason so many died was in part due to Stalin cleaning house and killing all

coug almighty

8/7/20 11:13pm

That's a cool story of a sniper's duel.

JmThms

8/7/20 11:05pm

Yeah, our Tomb of the Unknowns represents somewhere between 70k-80K missing or

Emmett Fitz-Hume

8/7/20 11:15pm

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cvd6262

8/7/20 11:16pm

I can still be incredibly proud of what my grandpa did as a code talker in the war

JohnnyComeLately

8/7/20 11:52pm

Lots of things to consider but the OP's point still stands. An estimated

777

8/7/20 11:56pm

Soviets were only able to beat Germany because we supplied their army

ayfan

8/7/20 11:19pm

Lend Lease Act was absolutely huge for Russia. Link

ayfan

8/7/20 11:26pm

LL was one factor in the Soviet victory over Nazi forces, but it is just that -

Emmett Fitz-Hume

8/8/20 12:52am

You're overlooking several things

ayfan

8/8/20 1:55am

Yep. The blitzkrieg strategy was effective, but if outlasted, it became a

Misteak

8/8/20 1:13am

There’s a great podcast that talks about the events in the movie and clarifies

fubecao

8/7/20 11:24pm

I hate saying "because of" because it was a worldwide effort. They did sacrifice the most people tho.

shimmy

8/7/20 11:57pm

Yep. Maybe because of was the wrong word.

JohnnyComeLately

8/8/20 12:04am

My grandpa jumped out of a landing craft to storm the beach in Saipan. It's definitely something special to me as well.

shimmy

8/8/20 12:42am

Truly the greatest generation.

JohnnyComeLately

8/8/20 12:43am

And there are a lot of scenarios where we win anyway, though with a lot more

Misteak

8/8/20 1:14am

CoachSpeak

8/8/20 7:33am

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