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the vast majority because Stalin repeatedly purged the military, the scientists and tons of other critical experts, then signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, letting the Nazis cozy right up to the border (but hey they got to rape half of poland!), THEN IGNORED HIS OWN GENERALS AND OTHER COUNTRIES WARNING HIM NAZIS WERE PREPARING TO INVADE.
And the lend lease garbage is ridiculously easy to disprove.