It worked for the russians in WWII. They claimed that quantity is a quality unto itself.
Both of you touched on the idea of quantity being a quality unto itself. I don’t think I’ve heard that expressed before, but it’s a decent observation.
An hour from now in Red Square, the 73rd Victory Day parade should be getting under way, celebrating VE Day (which was May 9, Soviet time).
Numerically, of the countries involved in WW2, the Soviet Union suffered the heaviest casualties.