<t> OMG.....just broke the Ribbontrop-Molotov pact after crushing Poland and the Soviets declared war in Feb of 1940 with jack squat for armies to fight with. Therein lies the problem I have with SC 2. Not a chance in HELL that would have actually happened. Hell, in the real world of Feb 1940 ...

Thanks to all....great ideas from everyone. I just decided to go to the editor and tweak a few things to offset Russia's premature attack on Germany and joining the allies.

<t> I'm simply asking for historical accuracy. I have fervently studied WWII, with an emphasis on Germany/USSR, for 50+ years. Historically, Russia did not attack Germany and, as a result of my research, I am convinced that they never would have. Stalin hated Democracy and the West far more than he ...

<t> If Stalin was indeed prepared to attack Germany in '41, which is TOTAL conjecture, he had the worst prepared military in the history of warfare to do such a thing. Stalin had the absolute best of all worlds. He could sit back and watch all of his enemies decimate each other without losing a ...

I am still confounded by the fact that Russia automatically joins the Allies in '41, even though Stalin would have never done that in real life. Would someone please create a mod that keeps Russia neutral until attacked by Germany, exactly what actually happened in World War II?