Comments by "Андрей Борцов" (@Mentol_) on "Nazi Germany : Every Month" video.

  1. >The reason Germany thought they could beat USSR was because of the humiliating defeats they suffered against Finland in the Winter War This is not true. Two factors were important to Germany: racial theory and victory over France. The racial theory said that the USSR would not be able to create an effective state and military apparatus due to the weakness of the Slavs and a large number of Jews. The victory over France means that Germany destroyed the strongest army on the continent, so the victory over the USSR (like over old Russia) should have become even easier. As for the winter war, you do not need to compare the total population. Take the number of armies - 337 thousand Finns vs 425 thousand soviets at the beginning of the war. At the end of the war, the number of the Red Army increased to 760 thousand. That is, the difference between the population is not identical to the difference between the size of your army. At the beginning of the war, the USSR simply used more than half of inexperienced divisions (which had a minimum level of training), while Finnish officers received good training in Germany and other countries.
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  2. After the conclusion of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, relations between Germany and Japan seriously deteriorated-Japan considered it a betrayal of the ideas of the anti-Comintern pact and the current government was resigned. The new government concluded a treaty on neutrality between the USSR and Japan and chose the southern vector for expansion.
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