Why did it take the Russians 4 years to reconquer what the Germans conquered in 4 months?

"Formidable" is not something you can quantify, it's a matter of emotions.

>Why did it take shoe-less unarmed conscripts
Wrong war, or you're a COH2 player. Either way you're incorrect.

>longer to undo a Blitzkreig
Barbarossa wasn't really a Blitzkrieg at all (and Blitzkrieg is a post-war term used by historians, not the G*rms themselves)

>than it did the most formidable military in human history to execute one?
You're either trolling or you don't know a lot about this subject other than through middle school textbooks and low-quality documentaries. Go back to /r/eddit.

>inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable:

Germany had quite a few of those things. And if it weren't for Hitler turning into a complete egotistical meth head would have been victorious

Because the 1941 Soviet military was shit.

>Germany had quite a few of those things.
So did Soviet Union and by virtues of defeating Nazis even more so.

>And if it weren't for Hitler turning into a complete egotistical meth head would have been victorious
If it wasn't for Hitler turning into a complete egotistical meth, they wouldn't have started the war in the first place

>so did the Soviet union and by virtues defeating Nazis even more so

Except, they only had heart. It took them 5 years to get the job done. Germany it was on target to take a year. Even after they outnumbered the Germans in every way they still suffered defeats.

Hitler wasn't on meth back then... I don't think. BUT for the most part he didn't want a war. Just taking what used to be Germany's. He should have just attacked Stalin first

>swallowing Allied propaganda

>Even after they outnumbered the Germans in every way they still suffered defeats.
Germany too suffered defeats despite outnumbering enemies. That's nothing special.

>I don't think. BUT for the most part he didn't want a war
Why the fuck would you think so? All of Nazi politics was about war. They run a massive debt with aim to loot their neighbors. Even the nonsense about taking "What used to be Germany" would inevitebly lead to war, since Pole doesn't want German boot on their chest.

>Germany too suffered defeats despite outnumbering enemies. That's nothing special.

Mostly not major though. Soviets were losing over 100,000 men in most battles they lost. Germany only started losing close to that many when the campaign into USSR went belly up.

Well yeah it almost certainly would but he still didn't want war that soon. A couple years at least seeing as their plan to expand and 're innovate the navy was only planned to finish in 1948

>Germany only started losing close to that many when the campaign into USSR went belly up.
And Soviets lost most men during Barbarossa, when Axis had solid numerical advantage and element of surprise. Despite such massive losses they were not crippled and fought even harder.

>Mostly not major though
Battle of Britain was pretty major, though.

>Well yeah it almost certainly would but he still didn't want war that soon
The war literally started on Hitler's orders without any pressure. There is no space for mental gymnastics like this.

>A couple years at least seeing as their plan to expand and 're innovate the navy was only planned to finish in 1948
And you think others weren't arming too?

Because communists

>Battle of Britain was pretty major, though.
The BoB is the most overrated scuffle in WW2.

Perhaps if they didn't treat the Slavic population of states like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Ukraine like complete shit and at least given them superficial guarantees of autonomy they might have won enough support to topple the Bolshevik regime.

It allowed British bomberman to rule over German skies. Not exactely irrelevant.

And Soviets lost most men during Barbarossa, when Axis had solid numerical advantage and element of surprise. Despite such massive losses they were not crippled and fought even harder.

They were crippled. They literally got saved by winter. Germans couldn't advance and fight in the snow. And Soviets had millions more men because of the massive population. And time to recruit.

>battle of Britain was pretty major, though.

We're talking in terms of infantry here. And the Luftwaffe wasn't on the brink of collapsing of any kind.

The war started because he didn't think the allies would have the balls to actually go to war with him

Who else despite Italy and Japan do you think were arming at this time? Britain was still too poor to do anything which is why they hadn't started a war with Hitler sooner. The reason France built the wall of defence against Germany is because they couldn't build an army big enough to go on the offensive and prepared for a defensive war. America was just doing fuck all the lazy fat fucks and the rest of the world was doing whatever for the most part. Besides civil war in Le espanyol

>It's another /pol/tard bait thread
When Germans invaded Russia was stunned, it was a surprise attack. In addition, Russian infraestructure was intact, allowing the Germans to advance easily.

By the time the Germans retreated Russian infraestructure was destroyed by the fighting, making logistics a nightmare.

>Perhaps if they didn't treat the Slavic population
Then you would need to erase Nazi ideology and redefine the war goals.

also
>Slavic population of states like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
R U a burgr?

>u just believe propoganda
Imagine being this delusional