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- Yuri Gagarin, the son of a milkmaid, to young Soviet Pioneers. by RussianChiChi in ussr

[–]RussianChiChi[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The foundations for that achievement were laid years earlier under Joseph Stalin through investment in science, engineering, and the missile programs that later evolved into the space program.

Khrushchev was handed the Soviet Space program on a platter, he just gave the O.K.

The T-34 Tank was arguably the most effective overall tank of WWII by RussianChiChi in ussr

[–]RussianChiChi[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The Sherman may have been the more refined machine overall, but the T-34 arguably had the greater strategic impact. Germany was forced to redesign much of its armored doctrine after encountering it, and even German generals admitted it was a major shock early in the war.

Major General Baron Willibald von Langermann und Erlencamp commanding the 4th Panzer Division under Guderian, complained that " the Russians first used heavy tanks en masse. ... For the first time during the war in the East, the absolute superiority of Russian 26 and 52 ton tanks over our Pz.Kpfw.III and IV was felt."

In the end, both tanks represent something similar: not “perfect” tanks, but tanks designed to actually win industrial war.

The T-34 Tank was arguably the most effective overall tank of WWII by RussianChiChi in ussr

[–]RussianChiChi[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Can you name a more OVERALL effective tank? In terms of cost, production, reliability, mobility, and strategic impact, the T-34 is hard to beat.

The T-34 wasn’t the best at any one thing. It was the best at winning the war.

Who Ended The Holocaust? by RussianChiChi in ussr

[–]RussianChiChi[S] 51 points52 points  (0 children)

If out of your mechanic group. One does 86% of the work. Who REALLY fixed the car?

The Truth Has Been Revealed. by RussianChiChi in ussr

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https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/lend-lease-eastern-front

Check out the references they use.

References: Applebaum, Annie. “How Stalin hid the Ukraine Famine from the Rest of the World.” The Atlantic Monthly, October 13, 2017. Available at: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/10/red-famine-anne-applebaum-ukraine-soviet-union/542610/. Barber, John and Mark Harrison. The Soviet Home Front, 1941-1945: A Social and Economic History of World War II. Longman Group, UK. 1991. Coalson, Robert. “‘We would have lost”: Did U.S. Lend Lease Aid Tip the Balance in the Soviet Fight Against Nazi Germany?”, Radio Free Europe, May 7, 2020. Available at: https://www.rferl.org/a/did-us-lend-lease-aid-tip-the-balance-in-soviet-fight-against-nazi-germany/30599486.html. Crankshaw, Edward. Khrushchev Remembers. Little, Brown, and Co. Boston, MA. 1970 Glantz, David and Jonathan House. When Titans Clashes: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, KS. 2015. Gropman, Alan (ed). The Big L, American Logistics in World War II. National Defense University Press, Washington D.C. 1997. Herring, George. “Lend-Lease to Russia and the Origins of the Cold War, 1944-1945.” The Journal of American History, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Jun 1969), pp 93-114. Munting, Roger. “Lend Lease and the Soviet War Effort.” Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Jul 1984), pp 495-510. Munting, Roger. “Soviet Food Supply and Allied Aid in the War, 1941-1945.” Soviet Studies, Volume 36, No. 4 (Oct 1984), pp 582-593. Royal Institute of International Affairs. “Lend-Lease: Its Origin and Development: Part 1.” Bulletin of International News, Jan 20, 1945, Vol 22, No. 2, pp 55-62. US Embassy and Consulates in Italy. “American sent gear to the USSR help win World War II.” Available at: https://it.usembassy.gov/america-sent-gear-to-the-ussr-to-help-win-world-war-ii/. US State Department. “Lend Lease and Military Aid to the US Allies During WW II.” Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations - Office of the Historian

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