H20nly wrote:Weren't they having to pick up rifles off the ground from the waves of their comrades that died in front of them because there weren't enough to go round?David Glynn wrote:The Red army as it was called back then was the largest, most experienced, most advanced fighting force on the planet at the time. American troops were surprised at how technologically well equipped they were when they met in Berlin.
FWIW I'm not joking or taking the piss... bashing etc. I'm asking.
From what I've read it seems that the Russians were unprepared and ill-equipped at the beginning of WW2 but by the end that had all changed. And so followed the super-power that lasted until 1991.