The mighty Red Army was "Woefully unprepared"? Total rubbish. This documentary is a distortion. Once Stalin shared a common border with Germany after the invasion of Poland, his plan was to invade all of Europe in July of '41. The woefully unprepared Red Army had 1,000,000 air assault troops (the Wehrmacht only 4000) and was far more mechanized than the German Wermacht with its modern up to date 750,000 horses with wagons. The woefully unprepared Red air force had a staggering number of planes capable of destroying all the airfields in Europe. Had the Wehrmacht not attacked, catching the Red Army flatfooted as they were changing into an attack mode for July, everyone would be speaking Russian today.

) This was also more of a comment on how Americans always say "if it wasn't for us you be speaking German right now" making the point that Russia did the bulk of the fighting, and not question the valiancy of any countries soldiers, who all fought equally bravely.? German knowledge and Russian resources combined to one power is something the american government fears like hell...until today! Germany and Russia are both european countries which should march together The mighty Red Army was "Woefully unprepared"? Total rubbish. This documentary is a distortion. Once Stalin shared a common border with Germany after the invasion of Poland, his plan was to invade all of Europe in July of '41. The woefully unprepared Red Army had 1,000,000 air assault troops (the Wehrmacht only 4000) and was far more mechanized than the German Wermacht with its modern up to date 750,000 horses with wagons. The woefully unprepared Red air force had a staggering number of planes capable of destroying all the airfields in Europe. Had the Wehrmacht not attacked, catching the Red Army flatfooted as they were changing into an attack mode for July, everyone would be speaking Russian today. While that may be true it has nothing to do with the original comment regarding Soviet preparedness. The Red Army was made a mockery by the Finns as well. They eventually won due tp overwhelming numbers but they had 5 times the losses in men. Let's face it the Red army was a joke when The Germans invaded, regardless of what happened later. In the first few months the Germans have conquered the entire Russian army and most of its armaments factories. Russia but had enough people and material in the back country to stabilize with American and British economic support the front and to fight back. Otherwise that would have been a rebel war in Siberia and the Americans had become friends to us. Hitler also helped those who were against Stalin. What was the result?)) before attack on the Soviet Union Stalin had no allies ...) He was the cleverest man. you're talking about your powerlessness in Vietnam and remembers about nuclear weapons. Are you okay with your head? It's not even a last chance in the defense of their country. Are you ready to destroy another country because the people have chosen a different system of government? Where is your democracy?