CanadianGoose
Banned
Unlike Americans, Soviet leadership really knew what war for survival is. That's why they shied away from direct confrontation every time Americans barged in with all that confidence of 19yo buddy convinced of his own immortality. Just think about it, Reagan's infamous "I ordered attack" joke would probably trigger nuke exchange if muttered by Brezhnev or Andropov. Some say this timidity cost Soviets Cold War, but I like to think it prevented WWIII from happening.Not surprisingly, and showing more common sense than the U.S. was demonstrating at the moment, the Soviets blinked.
Speaking about US army versus Soviet army, there were no direct confrontation between them worth talking about, but if war against same enemy count, Americans have nothing to speak of. Nazi 6th Panzer army teared Americans in pieces in tanker's hell of Ardennes until Nazi run out of fuel, and then Russians reduced the same army to ground meat in tanker's paradise of Hungarian Plains. Japanese had their share against Russians too.