Message from @Erwin Rommel
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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
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.
Well until May
He was made PM on May 10th
But war was already underway
Both himself and the ministers before him had ample chances to not only end the war but find a settlement with Poland before it had even started