Please explain the second sentence ?Russia had massive numbers but most of them were conscripts and forced to fight. Germany tried to defeat Russia in battle rather than strategically which is where they lost it.
Stalin would have left Moscow and carried on the fight else where. A country is just not about one town or City it is about the will of the people to succeed.
He very nearly left on 18th October, 1941. The whole city was in a state of mass panic and for 24 hours was almost completely paralyzed.As to whether Stalin would have left Moscow or not, I think that is open to discussion as rumours indicated he had plans for a last minute departure from the capital had it been necessary but he has also stated that he intended to stay no matter what, so had he left Moscow I think his authority would have been severely diminished.
Moscow was much more important in 1941 than it was in 1812.I don't think that Stalin would have died for Moscow, he was more interested in the survival of Communion. Russia had lost Moscow before to Napoleon but that did not not have any affect on just how they fought the war then, to most people it was just another City to be fought over.
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