RDN's Lucifer (nerthos)'s status on Monday, 09-Jun-14 22:00:59 UTC
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@mrmattimation @metaltao The USSR wasn't strong enough during WWII to defeat Germany. Stalin had basically decapitated his army with the purges. After the first war with Finland he was forced to put some of the old generals back in charge because his army was weak despite being humongous. They did, though, heavily outnumber Germany, and they copied and enhanced designs for things like armored vehicles as the war went on. Germany was unable to invade and conquer Russia, on the other hand, due to the sheer extension of the country and the harsh climate. Hitler was afraid that Stalin would break the treaty and attacked first, and then ignored advice from his generals and did a poor eastern front campaign that eventually led to a soviet invasion of Berlin once the western and african fronts were reinforced by the allies and Germany was out of fresh troops and supplies.
