| lordmandeep said: Yeah thinking about it, the Nazi's would have had to secure all of Russia towards the Urals to the Caucasus Region to Finland in the North to truly weaken the Soviets. Many people do not know but the Russians got millions of soldiers from beyond the Urals. |
The Russians have millions of reserves but if Germany was able to take Leningrad, Stalingrad (and push further into the Caucasus), Moscow and a few other key areas they would have weaken the Soviets greatly (yet they still wouldn't be defeated). Russians have proved throughout history that they are nearly impossible to invade. Only Genghis Khan was able to roll through Russia with little problem due to their superior army and military tactics at the time. Napoleon and Hitler both failed miserably. I have studied a great deal about Russia in the past although there are plenty of Russian events that I am unaware of. Part of my fascination of Russia is due to Vikings helping to establish what was to become Russia. The credit doesn't entirely go to the Vikings but they opened up river trade routes that were blocked by other tribes/barbarians. They were also known as the Rus Vikings or The Rus'. Hence where the name Russia comes from.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rus%27_people
