We gave the USSR a mountain of supplies, about to the same degree as we did England. But its actually true that WWII was the war between Germany and Russia, and the western front was a death blow. But the overwhelming, not even close, destruction of the German military occurred in the east.
Not efficiently in terms of Soviet losses, but that is indeed where the German military was destroyed. And the Luftwaffe was destroyed by daylight bombing. The greatest utility in the bombing was forcing the Luftwaffe to fight and to get destroyed.
But the numbers are that between 70 an 80% of the German army was destroyed in the east. That’s why an old German will still blanche at the mention of the eastern front. And they inflicted enormous losses too. BOth sides in the east lost about as many in individual battles there than we did in the entire war.
Desert Rhino - I have no issue with the amount of damage the Soviets inflicted on the Germans. My issue, and Flag This touched upon it is would their victory have happened without US aid?
Would the Soviets have faltered without the billions of dollars worth of supplies, money etc. ?
That is the question I am interested in. I do not know but I have my doubts.
“...But its actually true that WWII was the war between Germany and Russia...”
National Socialism versus International Socialism... with us helping the International Socialists.
One wonders how different the world would have been had we not gotten involved and just let them destroy each other.
But after Pearl Harbor, it was impossible to not be involved. Germany declared war on us right after the Japs hit us at Pearl Harbor, so we had no choice...