when there's not one military force until leningrad. i do believe they weren't on the cusp of an invasion.

Yeah, and tons of it were right at the border

oh it was now?

That's why the Germans were able to destroy thousands of planes and light tanks even before the summer of 1941 was over

it's quite a bit bigger country

Um, yes they had a plan, but the British Air Force (Bulstered by the American supplies) kept them from air superiority. Which the Army needed to launch an invasion

We aren't talking about the Battle of Britain

but Operation Barbarossa

The Luftwaffe had complete air superiority over the Soviet Union until mid to late 1942

i'm probably done talking

I was commenting to the original, Hitler was a moron. His command yes men.

Eh well

And he couldn't stop a losing invasion, because he already fucked the economy having it planned in detail and being unable to adjust it.

If your arguments boil down to "Hitler was a moron" then I guess I'm done myself

luftwaffe had air superiourity over a country that was on the cusp of an invasion apparently without an air force

i'm a different person than floki, we have different names

that's how you tell us apart

Stalin was never going to invade. Hell he didn't even believe Hitler would invade him. Hence his slow reaction

your was plural

Hitler was one of the few people Stalin actually trusted. More than likely due to German Support of his Rebellion

On the day of the invasion alone the soviet airforce lost 1,200 planes

most of the on the ground

on airfields

right at the new border

but nooo, no invasion plans at all

Because you tend to move plains to a border

Not at the interior

Lets also ignore the fact that tank buildup was outnumbering every other major nation combined

Kinda military 101

You don't for defensive operations

You forget they were fighting Japan?

In 1941?

With their entire army?

Please

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