Then go back to 80 years ago and see where the comprehensive national strength of the Soviet Union ranked in the world before World War II.
In terms of economy and science and technology, the Soviet Union ranks fourth in the world and the United States ranks first in the world.
The Soviet Union was the first socialist country in the world after the overthrow of Russian rule in the late World War I. After its establishment, the Soviet Union was busy with various wars, including wars with the Russian White Army and Poland. Until the 1930s, after the rapid development of two five-year plans, its industrial production scale finally climbed to the first place in Europe. However, the scientific and technological level and industrial production quality of the Soviet Union are relatively backward compared with the old imperialist countries, Britain and Germany.
Not to mention the United States, which made a fortune in World War I, although the national strength of the United States in the early World War II was not as good as today's position in the world, and its industry and economy were the first in the world, it has not yet reached influence.
Militarily, the Soviet Union ranks second in the world and Germany ranks first in the world.
Before the outbreak of World War II, Germany was undoubtedly the most powerful country in the world. Stimulated by the pre-war military expansion strategy, its military industry was highly developed, and its arms output exceeded that of Britain and France in 1939, until the middle and late war was weakened due to resource constraints. In addition, Germany had the best army in the world and excellent strategy, tactics and command art before World War II.
Compared with Germany, the Soviet Union can be said to be comparable to Germany in the number of troops and weapons and equipment, but there is a big gap with Germany in the most important military quality, command art and tactical thinking, especially before the war? Cleaning? Greatly weakened the Soviet combat effectiveness.
However, judging from the performance at the beginning of World War II, the military strength of the Soviet Union is definitely stronger than that of Britain and France. At least after the tragic defeat in the early stage of the war, the Soviet army could still organize tenacious defense and drag Germany into the quagmire of the war.
As for the United States, at the beginning of World War II, its army was only 654.38 million+people. Although its navy is tied with Britain for the first place, it is far from reaching the unreachable level in the late World War II.
In terms of manpower and resources, the Soviet Union ranks second in the world and the United States ranks first in the world.
As we all know, the Soviet Union is the most vast country in the world. It is rich in coal, steel, grain and oil resources, especially oil and steel, which are decisive resources for absolute war potential. In addition, before the outbreak of World War II, the Soviet Union had a population of nearly 654.38+0.7 billion, and had a strong war reserve force. Therefore, after the disastrous defeat in the early stage of the war, the Soviet Union was able to drive a steady stream of troops to the front, and its huge population base was also a very important resource.
Huge manpower and material resources were what Hitler wanted most when he invaded the Soviet Union, and they were also the most indispensable resources of Germany, a typical resource-poor country, which was seriously short of strategic resources such as oil, grain and steel. In terms of population, although Germany has the advantages of high population quality and high education level, the population of less than 70 million only accounts for half of the Soviet Union.
The only country that can surpass the Soviet Union in resources is the United States. Before World War II, the population of the United States was 65.438+0.3 billion, but the overall education level and quality were high, and the rich oil, steel and food resources surpassed those of the Soviet Union.
To sum up, in terms of comprehensive national strength, the Soviet Union at the beginning of World War II still lags behind the United States, which ranks first in the world, and Germany, which ranks second in the world, ranking only third in the world.