How the USSR Was Able to Defeat Germany by 1945, Despite the Disasters of 1941

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During the duration of The Second World War, the USSR lost 27 Million Soviets to the ravages of war, despite this huge loss the USSR was still able to come out on top of the 3rd Reich. Before the start of WW2 we see a series of purges, Implemented by Stalin in hope of getting rid of political opposition. These affected the Red Army during the War. We can also look at the 5 year plans and we will also look at how the Germans could have caused their own downfall by spreading their troops to thin, trying to fight a war on two fronts and how unprepared they were to face the Soviets during winter.
Moving to the purges, Stalin’s Purges resulted in the death of many of the Red Army’s senior commanders; as a result the experience of these commanders was lost due to Stalin’s thirst for power. We can infer that if these commanders had not been assassinated then the Red Army could be far more prepared for what the Germans would throw at them; Due to this the Germans would have the advantage at the start of the war. This gives an advantage to the Germans.
During the war we can use the Italian attack on Greece, due to fierce resistance from the Greeks. The Italians needed support and so the Germans had to provide it, due to this need to support Italy it meant that the Germans would have to delay Operation Barbarossa. A consequence of this month delay meant if the German line did not advance fast enough then there was a potential to be stuck fighting in the Russian Winter. The fact that the Germans would be stuck in Russia during the winter would enable the Russians to fight back considering the fact that the German troops had been prepared for different conditions thinking that they could take Moscow before the winter hit.
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... war. We can also see that the Allied Aid they reserved helped them progress. Another factor we can tell that had a direct impact was the German lack of ranged weaponry enabling the Soviets to keep their means of production safe away from the encroaching Nazi forces. But from a historical standing it’s safe to say that you should never underestimate your opponent, and this is exactly what the Nazis did due to this the Soviets were able to cause key damage to major divisions within the German Army, a factor which possibly gave them more time, we see that the Soviets were very resilient fighting to the last man which again gave them more time. So really we can conclude that the Soviets were able to outlast the Germans in production due to Allied assistance and shear stubbornness when holding out against the German forces until they could take the fight to the Germans.

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