Watch: Putin threatens to use nuclear weapons. "It's not a bluff."

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Overwhelming the enemy with huge numbers of ill-equipped, ill-trained and ill-fated soldiers was how they defeated the Nazis in WWII. Why mess with (certain definitions of) success?

No it wasn’t As I posted before, Soviet victory on the Eastern front During WW2 didn’t rely on sheer numbers. This is a Wehrmact lie- an excuse for their own failings.

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine (Part 1)

It was never a viable tactic in the first place. The Soviet Defence of Stalingrad didn’t rely on Human wave tactics, because the Soviets never employed them. The horrific Soviet casualty rate at the start of the war was the result of lack of preparation for the German attack and a chaotic retreat. After they had a chance to reorganise, the Soviet casualty ratio dropped dramatically, and they mounted strong counter-attacks that turned the course of the war. To say that the Soviets relied on human…