Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "Germany's Worst Defeat: Operation Bagration | Animated History" video.

  1. By middle of 1944 Germany was done for - even if they moved their army and predicted Bagration to the tee they would have faced heavy attack in the south - Soviets had 10x as many tanks, aircraft and artillery as well as at least 2x as many people. They were also far and wide more mobile - if Germans resisted heavily up north they would not do so down south and vice versa. They could not due to fuel and transport shortages react & even if they did they had nothing to react with. In the beginning Soviets had 3:1 advantage in man power (under 500k vs. over 1.6m including support) - later on German reinforcements made it 2.5 to 1. Soviets suffered much higher losses then defending Germans BUT they could afford these losses - Soviets lost more then 2x as many tanks as all German tanks present. But they could afford that, Germans could not. Reserve units of Germany army were panzer divisions with whole 56 tanks operational (!)
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