Rath on 11 December 2011
The Soviet army played a very significant role in the War. I think in terms of importance to the end of the war the Battle of Stalingrad is on par with the Battle of Britain - both marked the turning of a front against the Germans. The Soviet people also suffered hugely during the war, the only people to suffer more were the people who the Holocaust was aimed at. Mind you a fairly large amount of the suffering of the Soviet people (not only during but also before and after the war) can be laid at the feet of Stalin, who was as much of an evil son-of-a-bitch as Hitler.
