Who was worse: Soviet Union or Nazi Germany Yes, the Soviets killed more of their own citizens, but that was in the span of many decades, as opposed to the 12 years the Nazi regime lasted Both targeted their political opponents, but on top of that, the Nazis exterminated their own people with disabilities , homosexuals, and of course German Jews
Could America and Britain have defeated the Wehrmacht alone like the . . . The soviets could have never defeated the Germans without the air power of the Americans and the British and without the western Allies keeping the Germans bottled up in Africa, Italy and finally France The soviets were no match for an uncontested German state without the immense power of the western allies
Joint military operation between the British and Soviets- the 1941 . . . The British and Soviets would have none of that, and made an ultimatum to the Shah to remove the 3000 German workers from the country… which the Shah refused Iran was a rich country wrt its oil and other resources it could also serve as a potential staging ground for a potential German invasion into the southern part of the Soviet union
Why didnt Britain France declare war on the Soviet Union? The Germans, Soviets and British all being enemies As has been pointed out, Britain was acting in self-interest It saw Germany as a greater threat than the Soviet Union, and was not mad enough to declare war on both The British did not like the Soviets by any means
Was Hitler Arrogant or Just Stupid to Think He Could Defeat the Soviets . . . The greatest martial mistake Hiter did was attacking the Soviets in the Second World War, however, I never understood why he thought that was a good idea Was he just arrogant, and believed that the German Army was superior to the Soviets? Or did he believe that the Soviets would retreat deep in Siberia they wouldn't be a threat?
Would the Allies have won WWII without the USA? - History Forum Instead of going to France in 1944, British 2nd Army and Canadian 1st Army would have gone to the Mediterranean By the time the Soviets took Berlin the British would have captured Vienna, Budapest, and possibly Belgrade or even Prague (For the British to get to Prague the Germans would really have to collapse under Soviet pressure
Who was worse: Soviet Union or Nazi Germany This also breaks away to the near universal moral code that elderly mothers being the most respectful members of society In that sense, Nazis could be very much viewed as more "cold-blooded" and immoral than the Soviets On the other hand, most Gulag inmates, as well as its fatal victims, were overwhelmingly adult males of military age
UK and US expected USSR to fall in 1941 | History Forum Soviets lost most of their industrial and agricultural territory, a bulk of armament, and soldiers The perspective of the Soviets signing separate debilitating peace with Germany, as they did in 1918, was quite real Still, with the US on the sideline, the Soviets were the only British hope, so they did all in their power to help Stalin
What if Hitler didnt make the decision to invade Russia The Soviets considered all of the Western nations a threat (with good reason) The Germans tried several times, prior to and during the war, to unite other factions in a fight against Communism Even if they hadn't invaded in '41 but waited until some kind of peace with the UK was realized, would of eventually turned to deal with the Soviets
Development of Soviet nuclear weapon | History Forum This list allowed Soviets to prepare their attempt to obtain source of info from Los Alamos directly Quote “A remarkable contribution to laying the scientific foundation for the Soviet nuclear weapons development was made by the Soviet intelligence, which managed to acquire and pass along diversified valuable data including both the concept