Shut the forget up American bitch, your stupid government is falling because you do not bother to do stuff, Kiev was one of the blodiest battles in the war, and no it was not 3 million.
You're what you call bazooka did not do stuff damage to the panzers and Tigers, American Sherman tanks blew into flames from running over a small landmine, your technology in WW2 did not do stuff, and your army came in last taking all of the credid when we lost millions of lives from friendly fire and national socialists.
Your only strategy in war isms to come in last and take all of the credit.
End of loving story.
You're not really making any points, you're clearly butthurt.You are forgetting the Lend-Lease program, where Russia was allowed Western tanks and vehicles to bolster their defenses. Russia owes some of its vehicles to the US and Britain.
U.S equipment was built to move quickly and move in large units to support ground infantry. German equipment may have carried more armor and a variety of shells, but they were hard to replace due to the bombings the allies did on their factories and train yards. On the other hand an American Sherman that was knocked out could be refitted or replaced and the same crew could go back into battle quicker than the Germans could destroy them. I don't know how you can say a "bazooka" did stuff to German armor, when you fail to realize the German armor was hard to penetrate due to sloped angles and a thick outer shell. Even the Germans recreated the Bazooka to fit their needs.
This in mind, remind me what happened to the Russian equipment at the beginning of the war. No one is debating the bloodiness of the battles in the Eastern Front. One has to put that in perspective that on the eave of the German attacks in to the Soviet Union, Stalin had ignored the sure signs of an attack (German Recon missions over strategic targets, mobilization of units, etc.). There are reports that the Russian high command told officers not to run blackouts in major cities and industrial areas, which would have made German intelligence on such facilities weaker.
Let's not forget the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, were the Soviet Union and the Germans signed a non-aggression pact. Plus don't forget the Soviet war with Finland, when the Soviets tried to install a communist puppet government and it failed. They then went onto invade and get their asses handed to them by the Finnish Army. Also see the Katyn massacre in which Polish officers/policemen/intellectuals were killed after lengthy interrogations by the Soviet NKVD.
Don't argue against the Americans, who had been at war with Japan since 1941. Then joined in 1945 which led to the advance to the Rhine.
Did we mention you are an idiot? Russia's government is getting hit so hard by the state of global economy now, that they are getting ready to lay off 300,000 of their officers from their military ranks. Plus who wants to do business with morons like the Russians, who eventually steal your business.
