The Soviets prepared for a potential offensive without question, but it was 20 years after the largest war the planet had ever seen, so so did everybody

so you're confirming my argument

That the Soviets prepared an offensive? Yeah

soviets were prepared for german war

Fuck yeah lol ask France if they were preparing for war when they occupied the ruhr

"hey France are u preparing a potential offensive by literally occupying foreign territory rn?"

france ≠ soviet union

The point is everybody was prepared and saw ww2 coming, it seems the only country that didn't was germany

Which is so fucking ironic

But who starts a world war with no oil?

germany has synthetic

No oil challenge duh

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Germany may not have relied too heavily on unobtainable oil but there's no doubt that definitely didn't have enough, there's a quote from a POW who was sent to new jersey, and he said "it was the nonchalance with which they let their engines idle without any fear for wasted gas, that's when I knew we had lost the war".

because it was cold?

Because oil dictates every military decision

You can't mass produce the panther, takes too much oil, you can't just through Russia without stopping, you don't have the oil, you can't send bombers to England without oil, etc

They couldnt turn off the engine because it would never start again in the negative 35 Celcius temperature

They had no choice, so i declare the POWs statement irrelevant

They could but not in an emergency, and also you'll probably kill yourself, but, I think it was the Soviets or Germans who used to stick a fire under their gas tanks to get the oil to move

source?

Google German kaltstart techniques I might send a link if I can find what I'm talking about. Other than that diesel engines actually work great in the cold, diesel will work even as a gel, the problem is the carburator. It needs to be hot for the engine to sustain, but once u got it warmed up you're golden

A Russian soldier wrote "Let us simply consider the ideal situation where the weather is warm enough that the engine requires no pre-heating with fuel heater, blow torch or diesel-soaked, burning rags. "

Other confirmation is coming from Farmers but few primary sources concerning this exact thing

ah alright ill be sure to look that up

you're a very respectable argumentor, it is good to argue with someone as rational as you

i always appreciate the rationale

That's not something I get often I'm actually usually a huge dick, but thank you very much haha

@Suecus maybe like huge dick

wow

this guy is swedish guys

börky börkie

Armenian genocide never happened

HA, you believe in ARMENIANS in 2019?????

Have u ever SEEN an Armenian?????

Didn't think so dude

they dont exist

thats why the genocide never happened

they never existed

facts