"The second winter did not crush the Germans, and the Russians were already having a hard time holding out until the onset of the third!" Churchill and Roosevelt warned when they met in March this year.

By the end of the war, more than 10 million Russians had fallen on the battlefield alone, and more than 5 million had been captured by the Germans.

From the very beginning of the Soviet-German war, Stalin ordered the implementation of a scorched-earth policy in the direction of the advance of the German army. Many people in Soviet Russia have lost basic living resources such as houses and food, and the Russians are unable to take care of it, and the Germans will not take care of it, and the number of people who have died of starvation, freezing and lack of medicine has exceeded 20 million. In the three cities of Leningrad, Moscow and Stalingrad alone, more than 2.8 million people died as a result of the siege.

In addition, under the military operations of China in Siberia, the Far East, Central Asia and other regions, 9 million people disappeared from the population records of Soviet Russia forever.

The number of people counted in Soviet Russia in 41 years was only 180 million. And now the cumulative conscription has exceeded 30 million.

It was the fall of a large number of cannon fodder, and an even greater number of wounded, that withstood the Germans' continued advance.

But now the victory is still slim, and the consumption of Soviet Russia's youth and strength is somewhat unsupportable.

The number of 30 million conscripts has already broken the bones of the Soviet Russians, and perhaps continuing to send a large number of women and old people to serve can relieve some of the pressure, but if it continues to be consumed like this, I am afraid that the Soviet Russia will persevere until the victory in World War II, and the country will also die because of the withering population.

After all, as a Red International regime, their enemies were not only the Germans, but even the entire Western world would pounce on them when they were weak and give them a fatal blow.

At this time, the Germans and Huaxia respectively instigated the debate within Soviet Russia on the choice of the ** clan or the form of government.

While Stalin continued to be tough, divisions within the Soviet Russian top brass had begun to widen.

In World War II, it was with the victory outside Moscow, and the holding of Leningrad. Coupled with Stalingrad's counterattack, Stalin's position was consolidated, and now these places have become the shadow of the confidence of the Russians being swallowed up little by little.

Victory can illuminate the way, but sustained defeat can lead to a final collapse.

Because of the bitter cold of winter and the hindrance of Soviet Russian cannon fodder. The Germans' footsteps on the Eastern Front were slowed down, but the counterattack of the Russians in winter was also carried down by the Germans.

One winter, the Russians, who took advantage of the right time and place, paid the price of 7 million casualties in exchange for nearly a million German casualties.

But winter is coming to an end, and German tanks are about to restart their roaring engines and gallop across the battlefields of Eastern Europe.

Who's going to stand in the way?

Even many high-ranking leaders in Soviet Russia have lost the confidence to hold on.

For the continuation and survival of the nation. There were also many conspiracies to overthrow Stalin's supreme throne, and in February this year, when China was still carrying out heavy shelling in the Ural Mountains and near Central Asia, some radical middle-level people staged a coup d'état at the instigation of some bigwigs.

They attempted to overthrow Stalin, form a new government and negotiate a ceasefire with the Germans.

There is also a part of the Germans behind this.

The Germans are not having a good time now.

Although the Germans had reached the pinnacle of their expansion, the enemy was unprecedentedly strong.

The entry of the Americans into the war doubled the pressure on the Germans.

The continuous bombardment of the British and American allies was much more threatening than the simple British before.

Under the huge military-industrial manufacturing capacity of the Americans. Groups of bombers flew over the German-occupied areas, even deep into German territory.

Last Christmas, Allied bombers dropped bombs on Parisplatz, east of the Boshingenburg Gate. This caused a great chaos and the death of hundreds of civilians celebrating Christmas, much to the outrage of Hitler, who was giving a speech. But in addition to letting more than a dozen high-ranking officials fall off the horse, Lao Xi is also a little powerless.

The two-front battle dragged down too much of Germany's energy.

On the Eastern Front, not only did the Russians fail to hold on, but the Germans also left 1.2 million corpses on the Eastern Front in the past two years, and this was on the basis of better equipment. And it was this large number of steel weapons that made the Germans' demand for strategic materials such as oil more urgent. And in the vast land that was also conquered, for the sake of basic Jing'an, in order to maintain the supply lines of the troops that continued to advance. It also occupies a huge number of troops and materials.

The number of troops on the Eastern Front has already exceeded 3 million. The total strength of the Germans at this time was only about 6.5 million.

In addition to the 2 million troops who remained stable in Europe and on the mainland, and the 200,000 troops in North Africa, only 1.3 million on the Western Front were against the Anglo-American forces. Most of the armored forces were invested on the Eastern Front, and even half of the Air Force was consumed on the Eastern Front. This also made the offensive power of the German army on the island of Great Britain? p>

It is difficult for the German troops who landed on the British mainland to make much progress.

The Germans were also tired on the Eastern Front.

But this is a fight between countries, a struggle between nations and nations. This level of warfare. Only one side falls or succumbs first.

Before that, the only way to do this is to keep putting the country's future into the black hole of war and being swallowed up little by little.

Therefore, the Germans also hoped to end the war on the Eastern Front as soon as possible, and devote their main energies to dealing with the Western Front and digesting and consolidating the resources of the occupied territories.

One of the reasons why the Germans did not have strict military control in many parts of the occupied areas was that the large armies were engaged in fighting on two fronts, fearing that they would cause large-scale riots that could not be suppressed. Of course, the Germans are now at the peak of their glory, and the urgency of existential pressure is the most important thing.

They're just tired.

The tricks taken against Soviet Russia can only be icing on the cake, and not much attention is paid to it.

Goebbels had long been campaigning against the Soviet Union, and this coup d'état was partly to blame, but the lack of a stronger organizational action made everyone underestimate the hardline attitude from the military, and the coup finally failed.

Although the organizers of the coup d'état were careful to avoid the subversive changes of the red regime to avoid more revolts from the top of the hierarchy who had lost power, they ignored the impact of the war on the military's control of power. Stalin's toughness was this time supported by numerous militaries who had maximized power in the war.

As a result, the coup d'état of February 2 was quickly suppressed by heavily armed forces.

Stalin did not hesitate to re-establish his regime with iron-blooded means.

Although more than 70,000 people were directly executed, and hundreds of thousands of people were affected and implicated, Stalin's voice was temporarily heard in Soviet Russia, but Stalin also understood that an active volcano had accumulated under the supreme throne of power.

Perhaps he could make concessions to China, but he would not and could not give in to the Germans.

The submission to the Germans meant the collapse of his iron man image and the loss of his power base.

However, Stalin had no confidence in the offensive of the German army that had survived the cold winter in the following spring and summer, and he could only shout at Britain and the United States, especially the United States, with louder rebukes.

In this time and space, due to the obstruction of Germany and China, although the Americans provided a lot of support to Soviet Russia, there was a lot less in place.

The intention of the Americans to scoop Britain and Soviet Russia as cannon fodder is very obvious, but both the British and Soviet Russians can only rush to the forefront when it comes to the loss of their homeland.

Now that it could not hold on, Stalin naturally demanded more benefits. He even threatened to compromise with Germany on this ground.

Although the Americans are only involved in their interests, if the Americans give up, their situation will be even worse. But this huge benefit, Americans generally do not let go easily.

Whether it is an old fox such as Churchill or Stalin, it is natural that they also take a fancy to this, so they drag the Americans and let them fall deeper and deeper in Europe.

Although the Americans started with the Lend-Lease Act, the number was huge, and the amount of money invested was even larger, and once Britain and Soviet Russia collapsed, the Americans' investment was bound to be lost. No, if the U.S. government wants to collapse because of this, even those capital predators behind it may be greatly damaged and even bankrupt and collapsed.

On the one hand, there are huge profits from victory, and on the other hand, losses and bankruptcy from defeat, since the Americans have bet on the side of the Allies, they can only hold on to the end. What's more, the enormous strength of the Americans has only shown the tip of the iceberg.

After nearly two years of adaptation, the American war machine has begun to be fully launched.

Not the aircraft, artillery and other weapons that are constantly produced on the assembly line of the factory, but the number of the US ** team has now exceeded 5 million.

In addition to a large number of rookies who train in the boot camps, the Americans have already transferred more than 800,000 troops abroad.

In the South Pacific, the US military has suffered many defeats and has even been forced to withdraw from Australia, but in order to keep New Zealand, a springboard for counterattacking the Australian continent, and not to really fight across the ocean, the Americans are now transferring a large number of troops to New Zealand, and the total number of naval, land, and air forces stationed there has exceeded 300,000.

On British soil, the Americans also transferred more than 300,000 troops, greatly supporting the British Isles.

Even 100,000 American troops went on an expedition to North Africa to help the British hold the Suez Canal after the fall of Cairo.

But in Churchill's view, this was not enough, at least he knew that a million trained American GIs were ready to go into battle.

He actively co-opted these troops in favor of Europe.

"The British Isles were limited in size and saturated with troops, and Red Soviet Russia excluded the entry of American troops. Now it's time to open up a second battlefield! ”