This is....not really accurate. Let me put it this way, with out Canada, USA and UK sending weapons, food and equipment, the Soviets would've been out of the war eventually. Russia was an industrial and military basket case for many reasons. For example, just before the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, Germany tricked Stalin into thinking some of his generals were thinking about overthrowing him. So, he purged the military and killed off experienced leadership. So, when they took Poland, and then went into Finland....it was not going well for them.utter nonsense. The vast majority of the weapons that won Russia WWII were made by Russia. And Russia caused more then 70% of the casuaties suffered by Germany. If it was not for Russia a great many Westerners would not be alive today as their fathers woud have died fighting the Germans tha were not killed by Russia
Their industrial output was fucked. They needed materials and fuel from the allies to power their military. Here are some of the things Russia got:
- 400,000 jeeps & trucks
- 14,000 airplanes
- 8,000 tractors
- 13,000 tanks
- 1.5 million blankets
- 15 million pairs of army boots
- 107,000 tons of cotton
- 2.7 million tons of petrol products
- 4.5 million tons of food