Ten million of those Russians were starved by their own government, and Stalin used the war as an excuse for many atrocities against his own.
“Ten million of those Russians were starved by their own government, and Stalin used the war as an excuse for many atrocities against his own.”
Ok, let’s go with your number. That leaves 10M fed into the German meat grinder. Hell of a lot more casualties than we would have been willing to take.