Comments by "TheThirdMan" (@thethirdman225) on "Barbarossa: Why such high Soviet Losses? - Explained" video.

@sorsocksfake "it's insane to assume Stalin wasn't thinking about it. His only reason not to plan for it, was the disastrous winter war pointing out that Germany would steamroll him, especially if Japan joined in on the action. But if Germany got weak, especially once Japan declared war on the allies... Stalin would love to take as big a bite as he could." I've got to side with MHV here: I have limited patience for this argument. Logic is one thing but historical evidence is another. The Red Air Force was almost entirely tactical and not suited to any sort of long term strategic advance. Besides, they had built a defensive network inside the Soviet Union which was supposed to slow down any attacker. While the army was well-versed in the tactical and operational aspects of what became known as "Blitzkrieg" , it should not be inferred that they could have performed it successfully. They lacked radios, for a start. Have a look also at the way Poland was divided up. That should give you some idea of what Stalin was up to.
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Tukhachevski had nothing to do with it. He died in 1937!! @Mocsk
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@adi6293 Yes, mostly a lack of understanding on your part of what the notional German army was.
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@henrikscania-r1z "Many people here just don't understand how it is to live in a slave state, like a communist society." And what? you do? "Can anyone say honestly that something like Operation Valkyrie would have happed in the soviet union?" And your point is...? "The loss count prove my point as well. Stalin was simply more cruel to his own soldiers (and civilians)" False. Go and read for yourself. I agree that his orders to get to Berlin as fast as possible could only have resulted in more casualties. But why don't you read a bit about the planning for Operation Citadel and Operation Bagration? You'll probably learn something. I never believe simple explanations like this for history. There's always more to it.
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@henrikscania-r1z Grew up with Russians and Ukrainians (in the same neighbourhood). Those people left during the Soviet era. Since met people who left after the break up - many Latvians but also one Russian-Ukrainian - and the contrast in opinions is extremely interesting. Helps that I have read a lot of Soviet and post-Soviet history. Fills in a lot of gaps.
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