I agree. That was Nazi party propaganda of that era,, not really based in fact. Stalin had done a number on his own military. They were in no shape to attack Germany then. And also the Germans were well aware that they were not about to be attacked. They had conducted -extensive- deep reconnaissance flights for months ahead of the invasion of the USSR.
One of these days I’d like to take a look on the net and figure out exactly how much US military equipment, money etc. the Soviets were given.
I’ve always thought that without the massive Lend-Lease program Russia would not have survived the German invasion.
Just a thought and I’ve nothing to back it up. But hearing people state that the Russian’s won the war and the Western front was a sideshow is incorrect.
Stalin knew the Red army was not ready for war in 1939, hence the Nazi-Soviet Pact. His miscalculation was that he thought it would buy him time until 1942.