An army placed on a defensive position does not have its airforce on the border

that's held true since 1914 and still does today

Why?

Because it's simply way too easy for the enemy to destroy your planes on the ground

peace time isn't a defensive operation

which is exactly what happened

They literally lost 3/4 of their airforce in the first 6 months of fighting

Um Russian planes didn't have much range....Hence the nearby

not quite 3/4 but around 70% if I'm not mistaken

The Luftwaffa outranged them

They had more than enough range to conduct defensive operations had they been placed in the rear

They just couldn't be placed in the rear *and* conduct offensive operations

Just look at the composition of the soviet army during the invasion of Finland and Poland in 1939

It was the same

it's all the same man

the world is a kaleidoscope

flowers are better than tanks

That just tells me you don't know how different armies are composed and placed on the battlefield

Also again Stalin was a moron militarily, as well he didn't think Germany would ever invade

Again, why he didn't respond for near 2 weeks

Stalin didn't need Germany to invade

He was convinced WW1 would repeat itself

and he was mostly correct

the only mistake he made was not predict how quickly Hitler would overrun Western Europe

nobody did

Even Hitler himself was surprised again and again

especially with France and Norway

Stalin's plan was to let the west fight it out then proceed west himself

with his thousands of new tanks and planes

so to sum up. it was all britains fault, staling would have stabbed hitler in the back if not hitler had stabbed stalin in the back first... just like with the night of the long knives and hitler wasn't a moron

Of course it wasn't all Britain's fault

it's interesting you know stalin's plans

France did fall faster then Norway. and because of the fall of France, UK had to pull out of norway where they was pushing the Germans back to go and save their allies in France.

as I said, Hitler was too rash and impatient but certainly not a moron

Churchill was no moron either

He had to be, because he planned his economy out, and factories were already converting to the next stage

but it's not like he had any intention of ending the war when he could have in the spring and summer of 1940

And the Invasion was taking to much

can I have the TL : DR version please 😛

@TwinVickers I don't claim to have some deep personal insight into Stalin's mind, this is not hidden knowledge, it's all out there

Churchill had no power in 1940. He was part of the War Cabinet, mostly to shut him up.