Puss in Boots on Big Serge Thought

"The enormous latent military power of the Soviet Union had been invisible to German planners, who foolishly dismissed the fighting prowess of Slavs, the sophistication of Soviet weapons systems, and especially the unparalleled organizational powers of the Communist Party, which could calmly and efficiently mobilize tens of millions of men to fight." Beyond the Hollywood style bluster and propaganda of western media, history repeats itself, as the US is quietly discovering now.