Why, despite the disasters of 1941, was the USSR able to defeat Germany by 1945?

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Joe Hubbard

Why, despite the disasters of 1941, was the USSR able to defeat Germany in 1945?

The war between the USSR and Germany lasted for four years and over 27 million soviets died, however what was it that made the USSR able to defeat Germany in the end? The USSR was only just establishing and had a lot to consider while the war was taking place such as five year plans, collectivisation and many places such as The Red Army still recovering from the Great Purges on the other hand the USSR had sheer numbers of soldiers that were hailed into the army and were already adapted to the cold weather.

The USSR was able to defeat Germany in 1945 because of many reasons, one reason is that Germany had other focuses at the time and their army was more widely spread in countries such as France, Belgium and The Netherlands which left little room for reinforcements in the Russian war. With the small amount of reinforcements it made Germany use allied troops such as Romanians, Italians and Hungarians. These troops were not as experienced as the German army not to mention they couldn’t communicate well which left a hole in the German army where Russia could attack and break the encirclement they were in. Germany never recovered from the loss of 250,000 soldiers and equipment and couldn’t manage to get reinforcements into Russia in time giving them the time to push Germany back to a point where they had the advantage and could defeat them.

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Russia was behind Germany economically however took an advantage over equipment from US and Britain’s lend lease to them. Without the lend lease Russia would have had the man power however lacked the equipment. Towards the end of the war Russia were much more advanced as a country having vehicles such as tanks and aeroplanes which allowed them to push Germany back. Having the men and equipment was one thing however Russia had a poor approach to the Germans in 1941-1942 which could be one of the reasons why so many disasters happened. Towards the end of the war the ...

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