“” “” Stalin gambled an won on the bet the Germans would run out of bullets before Stalin ran out of bullet fodder. He won that bet. The Russians lost hard.”” “”
That’s a gross misconception already debunked. High Soviet death toll is mostly due to Nazi brutality towards POWs and civilians.
It is true that the Soviets did care less about casualties especially during important battles but overall since 1943 they were killing more Germans in action than Germans managed to kill them.
Russians lost 100,000 in just taking Berlin.
The Allies could have waltzed in there at a fraction of the cost, but the Russians insisted on taking the city themselves.
The Poles are super pissed off that we tossed then to the Soviets.
Actually, I don’t blame them ONE bit..