Message from @Erwin Rommel
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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
Um Russian planes didn't have much range....Hence the nearby
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