One Russian soldier was given a gun, his buddy was given 3 bullets. This against fully equipped Germans with tanks and air dominance.
To belittle their winning role is sheer arrogance on your part.
“To belittle their winning role is sheer arrogance on your part.”
There’s no need to belittle their role in winning the war. They belittled their own role when they occupied and dominated half of the continent under a perverted and murderous totalitarian government for the next 50 years.