Overwhelming superiority, both in numbers of personnel and equipment, was a major factor in the Soviet victory on the Eastern Front during World War Two. In particular, the USSR was able to manufacture huge numbers of tanks and aircraft.rnThose figures were swelled further by additional equipment from Britain and the US under the Lend-Lease Act. The US alone provided Russia with 18,700 aircraft, including 881 North American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers. Post-war, the NATO codename for the latter was 'Bank'.
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