The north was losing until they had a put a compitent general in place. They were losing to a less advanced numerically inferior, factional force. Gettysburg and Grant saved the union as we know it.
The Union was never losing, only at risk of losing. The odds were on their side the whole time.
The german defeat in their russian campaign in WW2. (the russians had superior numbers obviously, but they didnt even have enough weapons to equip there men.) (this is an example of bad strategy by german command.)
Not true for WW1 and definitely not true for WW2. If soldiers ever lacked for weapons it was due to logistical problems in getting the weapons to them NOT because they didn't have enough weapons to begin with.
USSR had superior manufacturing capabilities as well major support from USA. They also had superior numbers and as the war progressed the technological edge of either powers' armaments swung back and forth, always in contention. One thing that remained stable though is that German engineering tended towards more extravagant weaponry and that's what's earned them the myth that they totally had the Soviets outclassed techwise. Soviet weaponry for it's part was robust, easy to repair and easy to manufacture.
