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Hitler delivered a surprise blow to Stalin. Stalin lost almost all his ammunition facto-
ries. He had to fight back using only 15 percent of the might of the Ammunition Narkomat.
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e results of the war are well known. Try to imagine what could have happened if Hitler had
stalled with his attack and would have, instead, himself been attacked by Stalin. In that case,
Stalin would have been using not 15 percent of his ammunition, but the full 100 percent.
What would the outcome of World War II have been then?
