Comments by "Samson Soturian" (@samsonsoturian6013) on "Were too many German soldiers tied up occupying Europe?" video.

Even in the Korean War they were still using men for tasks ordinarily reserved for horses.
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I just had a thought about the mismanagement of logistics: All those troops being sent to Army Group Center by a Halder who butted heads with the high command. Was Halder advocating a push in the center around that time? If so, it may be that he intended to create a fair accompli.
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Also factor in Soviet occupation of some of their own territories as they were still fighting an internal war. There was a Chechen Revolt during WWII that had nothing to do with the Axis, there was the paramilitary actions of collectivization, and there were many garrisons in central Asia throughout the war.
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Not just Iran, Chechnya revolted during the war, and many areas required their own garrisons because they had broken off and been reconquered within the previous 25 years when WWII was happening. Not to mention the paramilitary actions of collectivization that also took a toll on Soviet morale.
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Belagerungsmörser the Sheep i don't know why you're treating Persian as an expletive. Besides, the modern Persians call themselves Farsi.
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@jamesmortimer4016 what are you even getting on about?
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@88porpoise according to how much you value them......
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@aleksazunjic9672 the advantage in numbers is offset how the soldiers coming in from the Axis were at least hastily trained while the frantic pace of operations meant many Soviet soldiers had on the job training. By that I mean hopefully just holding the line in a trench while NCOs teach, but many times untrained recruits were thrown into battles.
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Belagerungsmörser the Sheep that's not funny
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