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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by cladopa on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:17PM (#43213099)
>Russia defeated both Napoleon and Hitler.

In Russia. In fact it was Russia's winter the one who did most of the work. The Russian army was always very bad.

Now Putin is Napoleon or Hitler invading other countries.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by LAC-Tech on Saturday March 01, 2025 @01:28AM (#43216531)
Myth. Russia had superior tanks and manpower. German high command had no idea of the depth of Russias armament industry or the number of troops (see eg the Hitler/Mannheim conversation).

Yes the winters did help, but they were still outnumbered, and outproduced.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by voidpointercast on Saturday March 01, 2025 @08:27AM (#43219020)
Nonsense. Yes on tanks and manpower, but the Russians would've starved without lend lease. Both in Industry and in aggregate.

The only reason they could make all those tanks in the first place was because of American trucks.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by LAC-Tech on Saturday March 01, 2025 @03:44PM (#43223493)
A few million Soviets starving would not have changed the outcome.
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