Turkey's intake has solved the source of chromium, and coupled with the large reserves of rare metals such as nickel, molybdenum, antimony, and rare earths, Germany will not have to worry about the lack of resources to ensure the production and quality of various military alloy steels for at least three years.

But even so, if the war drags on for too long, there will still be problems with the supply of certain resources, which is fundamentally different from the complete self-sufficiency of the United States, and the relative weakness of the German navy undoubtedly makes this hidden danger even more worrying, and it is precisely because of this that the mustache is aware of this, and will advocate an alliance with the Japanese, whom he actually despises and despises, in order to take advantage of Japan's relatively strong navy

In third place is the Soviet Union, and there is absolutely no second country in Shijie that can be compared to it in terms of depth and vastness, but most people tend to ignore that the population of the Soviet Union is actually among the top few in Shijie. By the end of 1941, the Soviet Union's population had reached 190 million, including the newly occupied Baltic states, eastern Poland, Romania, and Finland (Note 1), ranking second only to China (India was not a country at this time). Among them, about 170 million identified with the Soviet Union as their homeland, including Western Ukraine and other places in eastern Poland, in addition to the original lands of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union's westward march in the early years of the Soviet Union resulted in a severe setback in Poland (the direct result was Stalin's sudden transfer, which Stalin was particularly concerned about). During the Soviet-Polish War, tens of thousands of Soviet prisoners of war were massacred by the Polish army, and after the Soviet-German partition of Poland, the Soviet Union created a secret "Katyn massacre" in retaliation, which was not declassified until the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union

Such a large number of people. Coupled with the advantages of the system, it has an unimaginably terrible mobilization capacity, and in the case of its level of industrialization is much worse than that of both the United States and Germany, the maximum mobilization capacity is close to the sum of the two countries, and there is no need to worry about the war-weariness of the military and the people (under the premise of all-out war, of course), even in the stalemate situation that most affects the mobilization efficiency, the Soviet Union was able to mobilize the whole country to the maximum extent to enter the war, which was impossible for the United States, Germany, Britain and other Western capitalist powers to do

In fact, even now, before being directly involved in the European war, the strength of the Soviet Red Army is already very strong. The total strength is more than 500 thousand. In third place in Shijie, the number of Jishu weapons was at least quite impressive, and by the end of 1941 the Soviet Union had more than 12,000 combat aircraft and about the same number of tanks, armored vehicles and self-propelled guns. And the performance of both aircraft and tanks has reached the advanced level of shijie. Even compared to Germany, it is not much inferior (Note 1). Not to mention the United States and Germany. The navy was not supported from all sides, including workers, as China had in its footing, even because of its poor foundation, although the Soviet Union had already invested a lot of manpower, money, and resources. But the completion of the battleships of the "Soviet" class is still far away, and even the most optimistic estimates will take at least another two years. However, the Soviet Union, as a traditional land power, was only a slight flaw, and of course Comrade Stalin was very dissatisfied with this, and the designers of the "Soviet-class battleships" often had nightmares about being suddenly imprisoned in concentration camps

At this time, the Great Purge Movement that had not yet completely ended made the morale of the Soviet Red Army and the Red Navy and the overall quality of officers continue to decline, although objectively it also eliminated most of the old generals, so that Zhukov and other young generals with new thinking can stand out earlier, but the growth of young people takes time after all, and now the situation is changing, can the Soviet Union really wait for that day?

However, it must be admitted that although Stalin made many mistakes, his great contribution to the industrialization of the Soviet Union is also indelible, when he first took over the country, the Soviet Union was still a poor agricultural country, and by 1941, the Soviet Union had become one of the top three powerful industrial countries, and if Germany did not count those newly occupied land, even if Germany itself + Austria + the Czech Republic, the total industrial capacity was not comparable to the current Soviet Union.

In 1941, the total industrial output value of the Soviet Union, including the three Baltic states previously occupied, eastern Poland, Romania and Finland, exceeded 36 billion US dollars (due to the substantial increase in industrial production efficiency and the quality of industrial products, the total industrial output value of the Soviet Union in 1941 was significantly lower than that in 1940 [the Soviet-German war broke out in 1941]. More than 50% higher. Crude steel production has exceeded the 30 million ton mark, crude oil production has also reached more than 50 million tons, and the refining capacity has increased significantly compared to history, aviation gasoline has become completely self-sufficient, although there is still a significant gap in quality compared with Western products.

However, due to the relatively backward level of science and technology, the Soviet Union is still competitive in the international market only resource products, including minerals and semi-finished products such as crude steel, because the United States and Britain have not yet lifted the economic blockade of the Soviet Union, so China, which is also a socialist country, has naturally become the largest buyer, only in 1941, China, which has done its best to promote industrialization, purchased 3 million tons of crude steel, 5 million tons of iron ore and 2 million tons of crude oil from the Soviet Union, while China's tin, Rare earths and natural rubber and even light industry and agricultural products (at that time, the Soviet Union was a grain exporter, but the variety was not as rich as ours, but it is worth mentioning that in 1941, China's per capita grain output exceeded 350 kilograms for the first time, while the Soviet Union in the same year exceeded 500 kilograms) was urgently needed by the Soviet Union, and the two countries happened to communicate with each other, and the living standards of the Soviet people were therefore higher than the same period in history.

Note 1: Taking the tank as an example, although the German Panther medium tank is advanced, the Soviet Union has also popularized the T34/76 in advance, and due to the delay in the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, the T34M medium tank development project that was canceled in history has also been successful and began mass production at the end of 1941, this new tank has stronger firepower, armor and relatively advanced fire control and command system than the prototype T34, and the engine power has increased to 600 horsepower, And the more advanced T34T has long been developed. In terms of aircraft, a variety of advanced models such as the MiG-3 fighter and the Il-2 attack aircraft, which have excellent performance, have also been designed and finalized and have begun mass production, and more advanced improved models have also begun to be developed, which shows that the German army's prestige in Western Europe has put great pressure on the Soviet Union (to be continued......