History 10/03/20 Could the USSR defeat the allies in 1945 in the case of war,
the Soviet Union finished the war in Berlin in may 1945. During the Berlin offensive, a strategic center of German resistance, Berlin was broken for 17 days. This fact was entered in the Guinness book of records. Before the Soviet government the question was: to move on or not. Doubt the victory was not, despite the fact that the technical power of the allied forces were superior to Soviet weapons.
battle-Hardened soldiers and officers under the command of Georgy Zhukov, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Ivan Konev, Alexander Vasilevsky Rodion Malinovsky and other generals learned how to fight by smashing the enemy to pieces. In 1945, conducted by 11 major offensive operations on the Oder and the Vistula, in the Carpathians, in East Prussia, Lower Silesia, East Pomerania, at lake Balaton, in Upper Silesia, Prague and Budapest. They showed how serious the power to provide the Red Army, ready to fulfill any orders of their commanders.
the Key allies – Britain and France – were concerned about the rapid advance of the Soviet troops. They sought first to occupy Berlin with the Americans. They did not succeed. The allies had no experience in conducting large-scale operations.
However, in the arena of the war the balance of forces and equipment was not in favor of the red Army.
How many soldiers the USSR, USA and England
may 15, 1945 published the latest summary of the Soviet information Bureau. They reported that 6 million 750 thousand soldiers and officers fought on 10 fronts with the support of more than 111 thousand guns and mortars. Plus two million Czechoslovak, Polish, Yugoslav, Romanian and Bulgarian allied soldiers joined the ranks of the red Army.
But the numerical superiority of the soldiers were on the side of the allies. However, only a small percentage of them actually participated in the fighting. The number of the army of the United States – 11 million people. However, only 41 percent of troops – 3 million 300 thousand were in Europe.
England had in the second world war, 4.5 million soldiers, but of these, only 1.8 million soldiers took part in the fighting.
France was able to collect about 560 thousand soldiers. Hypothetically allied army could increase the number of soldiers at the front for the reserves to withstand further capture the European territory.
more Planes from America
armed with the Tips, there were about 17,000 aircraft. American warplanes were 67 700 thousand, of which 42 thousand were stationed in the air force, the rest was defended by the Navy.
Tanks the allies more
the Soviet Union had more than 12 thousand tanks and self-propelled guns, America is 12.8 thousand tanks, England – 5.4 thousand tanks. Thus, in the event of potential threats to seize the rest of Europe, the former allies could oppose a greater amount of equipment and weapons.
the Red army is the strongest
Tank and air armies, infantry and cavalry corps, mechanized and tank corps, artillery and mortar crews, were all United in 51 the Soviet army. Plus in the reserve command consisted of 298 artillery brigades.
In the U.S., there were 11 army and 90 divisions: infantry, tank, cavalry, mountain, airborne.
the red Army guns and mortars twice
the Soviet Union had more than 111 thousand guns and mortars, US – 40 thousand, England – 17 000 units.
Vehicles
America and Britain had a total of 1166 ships of the main classes. Almost all of them participated in the fighting on the Western fronts, in the Pacific and Asia. Ocean allied fleet outnumbered the coastal fleet of the Soviet Union. Anglo-American ships controlled oceanic expanse fully, having a naval base. While they already had the most modernamennye battleships. In contrast, the Soviets begin to build submarines. This is a strategic direction in the development of the Navy remained and in the postwar years.
Carriers in the USSR was not
as of September 1945, the Navy had 32 units of small and light aircraft carriers, UK – 12, France – 2. In the Soviet Union, ships of this type were not. Large heavy cruisers were also missing. Nine small cruisers against 48 the U.S. did not play a significant role. For other ships of the championship was for the allies: America was 405 destroyers, England – 230, and the Soviet Union, only 48 units. 173 however, Soviet submarines against 263-x American still presented a serious threat.
Nuclear matter
the more constrained the ambitious plans of the Soviet government the advent of jet and nuclear weapons. The allies had a ready made German engineering. They were able to put into service an army of samples of new weapons.
“Unthinkable” war plan
Seeing the rapidly advancing Soviet troops in Europe, Prime Minister Winston Churchill urgently ordered his analysts to develop against the Soviet Union a strategic plan for the war. It was called “Unthinkable.” By the end of may 1945, the military reported to Churchill that such a plan ready. The main goal of the Soviet government must obey the will of the United States and England.
it was Planned to involve for participation in the fighting in addition to allied troops, canadian and Polish divisions. The British felt that in total they will be able to collect under his wing 47 divisions. They did not disdain to include in your plan and part of his former enemies – the 12 German divisions. This information could produce Soviet spies. Georgy Zhukov on the basis of the obtained data, regrouped its forces so rapidly that the allies were unable to oppose him. They have refused the further attempts of planning military aggression against the Soviets.
for its part, the Soviet the government realized that the army was tired the most severe in the history of XX century wars and needs a breather. Japanese war also brought about changes in future plans for the conquest of Europe.
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