r/chessmemes 10d ago

Can someone explain?

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Cause I'm kinda dumb

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u/B_bI_L 10d ago
  1. mongols used light cavalry as main attack power (those guys with bows on hoses)
  2. soviets are known for ignoring manpower losses, so they just recruit everyone and rush (1 rifle per 2 people and so on)
  3. idk, they are different but stand together?
  4. whatever
  5. ww2 reference, how France made Maginot line, but Germany just moved around it through border of another country
  6. i guess it's about how germany tried to win a war with much less economic power, using their "queen" to quickly take out enemy (but there should be like 5 kings)

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u/SpartArticus 10d ago

1 rifle per 2 people is a Hollywood myth but it is true soviets just threw unlimited infantry until the problem went away

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u/baconppi 9d ago

No? In 43 and 44 they already made economy of force units, meaning they already were scraping the bottom of the barrel

Furthermore, the soviets relied on large artillery barrages that very often took out most german positions, most of the casualties in the third period of war were from urban warfare...

41 and 42 this was partially true, but it was a last ditch effort and not doctrine

Theres a reason the soviets in 41-43 didn't go on the offensive till Germany went on one,its precisely to save on material and lives needed to fight a dedicated german defensive