The extent of preparedness that each country had is widely different. Plan Barbarossa hit the Soviet Union, which was trying to remain neutral after the civil war busy rebuilding the country, very hard. Only in 43~ had the Soviet Union start producing what the army needed, before that the army was literally not capable to fight the Nazi Germany.
German Tanks, Planes, mortars, and etc. Were all an extreme threat to an army which was at the moment stuck with Mosins. Defense position were stormed with Blitzkrieg, and the majority infantry positions was not prepared for that.
No need to address it because facts are not racist. Sorry if this caused you to get your knickers in a knot.
Soviet military put solder losses at 8.6 mil vs German military losses of 4.3 military,but from all fronts they fought on.
How would you attribute rhe almost double volume of Soviet military casualties, compared to German losses: bad luck?
The extent of preparedness that each country had is widely different. Plan Barbarossa hit the Soviet Union, which was trying to remain neutral after the civil war busy rebuilding the country, very hard. Only in 43~ had the Soviet Union start producing what the army needed, before that the army was literally not capable to fight the Nazi Germany.
German Tanks, Planes, mortars, and etc. Were all an extreme threat to an army which was at the moment stuck with Mosins. Defense position were stormed with Blitzkrieg, and the majority infantry positions was not prepared for that.
Stalin’s paranoid purge of competent officers from the military certainly didn’t help.
But the lack of command still doesn’t explain the massively excessive deaths in Soviet forces.