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Re:Russia’s army is learning and improving on the battlefield by dragonwriter on Monday May 22, 2023 @05:28PM (#36036959)
The USSR included Ukraine and was the beneficiary of US lend-lease, too, and per Stalin would have lost without Lend-Lease.

So, you know, not exactly the same as now.

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Re:Russia’s army is learning and improving on the battlefield by gdy on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @03:16AM (#36040975)
You are probably confusing with Zhukov's remark cited in another comment.
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Re:Russia’s army is learning and improving on the battlefield by dragonwriter on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @03:45AM (#36041198)
> You are probably confusing with Zhukov's remark cited in another comment.

No, I’m not; Stalin is recorded to have made the comment at the 1943 Tehran Conference with Churchill and Roosevelt.

Zhukov’s statement was 20 years later, addressing Cold War revisionism which minimized that contribution.

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Re:Russia’s army is learning and improving on the battlefield by gdy on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @03:58AM (#36041310)
Perhaps he was just being nice.
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