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02-28-08 07:52 PM |
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Originally Posted by harzfeld
well whomever would rather fight for Hitler over Stalin, cuz Nazi had better weapons, food, protections, services, maybe living, etc, and how many men suffer & died under Stalin's rule compare to Hitler? Nazi had more option of backing out than men in Red Army, remember Stalin's "Not one step back" order. Also there were great purge, cleansing, and gulag. So why don't people of soviet and Red Army rather to let Nazi take over Russia than to continue living under Stalin's rule?
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Hitler considered Slavs racially inferior and accordingly they were treated that way by the German Army by his orders. Russian prisoners by the thousands died in slave labour camps. So as abominable as Stalin was as a leader, Hitler was no better and was a foreign invader to boot. I think Russians fought mainly out of deep patriotism for their nation, not it's communist leaders. Hitler could have exploited the deep resentment between Russians and the various minority nationalities like Ukranians, Balts, etc. But in his arrogance he failed even in this regard.
As for the superiority of German weapons the Germans were shocked to find in 1941 that the Soviet tanks, although poorly handled on a tactical level, were vehicle for vehicle better in terms of mobility, firepower and armour. The vaunted German Tiger and Panther tanks were built in response to the Russian KV-1 and the T-34. |
