Could the UK have defeated the Nazis on its own

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Soviet tank technology was actually fairly good at the start of the war. It's the tactics, training, ammunition, and optics that were atrocious, thanks in no small part to Stalins purging of the Red Army during the 20s and 30s. The T-28 was an excellent tank for it's time and even though it was really just a mod Vickers 6 ton it was the best tank during the Spanish civil war and bested any armor but against it in the Winter war and the invasion of poland. The BT series tanks or fast tanks were the primary part of the Soviet tank force during the early stages of Operation Barborossa and were obsolete by that time. The BTs were designed around a modified doctrine used by the British of Infantry tanks and Cruiser tanks, the Soviets sacrificed armor for speed in both versions which is something understandable on the endless steppes of Russia.

The KV series wasn't actually all that good. The KV2 was far to heavy for anything, it was really just a mobile pillbox/gun carriage in it's use. The KV1 series was alright and certainly held their own against any German tanks up to the introduction of the PzIVF2 with the long barreled 75mm gun. The KV1 had problems both mechanically and practically, the early versions didn't allow the commander to be "buttoned down" while the main gun was being fired and the transmission was so faulty that each tank came with a shifting assistor (hammer) to help it into gear when it got stuck. Despite these faults though these along with the early T-34s managed to prevent the germans from taking Moscow, Leningrad, or Stalingrad in the Winter of 41 and caused a halt of any german offensive for miles around them until Stukas or 88 Flaks were brought in to deal with them.

As for Hitler himself, he and Stalin are the wild cards of WWII. They were both paranoid phycos but both could have faired well. Hitler during the early part of the war was actually fairly good, he let the Generals and Admirals run the war, only after the inconclusive year of 1942 did he begin interferring with military operations. He'd interferred in small things earlier but not much. Stalin was the opposite, he started of completely interferring with everything but when Moscow its was being threatened he had the sense to leave the war to the generals. He also had the foresight to move all soviet heavy industry to the Urals almost immediately after the Germans began their invasion.