"More than 80% of all combat during the Second World War took place on the Eastern Front."
For a fantastic look into the history of fascism and Communism as bitter enemies, Blackshirts and Reds by Dr. Michael Parenti.
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Edit: original comment said Lenin, they edited it to Stalin.
The Nazis invaded Ukraine, the USSR's breadbasket, in order to induce famine. This is because the Nazis wanted to practice Settler-Colonialism and thus commit genocide against the Soviet people, which caused a massive number of civilian deaths.
The Red Army regrouped after being surprise attacked, and proceded to do 80% of the fighting in WWII against the Nazis.
Scorched Earth was applied in limited form by the Soviets, blaming a defensive strategy on the victims of Nazi onslaught is confused logic.
In short, it was the genocidal form of warfare against the Soviets that the Nazis perpetrated that killed the vast majority of those who died in the USSR during WWII.