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Jump back to quoted post1 Apr 2014, 11:42 AMBurts

The mannherheim line was built for 13 years. 13 years. I'm trying to dissolve the myth that soviets charged mindlessly into the enemy. While i'm not denying the fact that something like that might of happened a few times, some people think that this was the standart WW2 tactic. The reason why soviets failed so hard because they had no winter equipment , there were cases of bad mapping,bad leadership and many other things. .For example soviet maps didin't even have forests marked in some places. That is for the winter war. While its true that finnish soldiers were not trained. however its much easier to defend in a winter than to attack (especially if your opponent lacks proper winter equipment) , however Finland atleast had competent generals on their side, while the soviets had all their generals purged.

I'm not trying to make it seem like the finnish did nothing , finns did stand up heroicly againts a much bigger enemy, and they protected their freedom. However i'm trying to stop the myth that soviets had no tactics which is what apparently some people think.
Soviets by 1942 had learned their lesson, there were new , competent generals coming up. And by 1943, we all know who was winning the war.