“The end of the Nazi regime was determined at Stalingrad and Leningrad (St. Petersburg), not on the beaches of France.”
Lots of people died on the eastern front. But Russia would not have won on its own, any more than we would have won alone.
> But Russia would not have won on its own
It was the USSR then, and it came damned close to it.
The Battle of Stalingrad went from August 1942 through February 1943.
First Western landing in Europe was in September 1943.
I strongly encourage a month-by-month review of the progress of WW2 to dispel myths about how things really went down.
The Red Army was supplied via trucks made in Detroit and pork raised in Iowa. The logistics support we gave the Russians was simply incredible.
Lend Lease to Russia
From Major Jordan’ Diaries
http://www.jrbooksonline.com/fdr-scandal-page/lend.html
“Lots of people died on the eastern front. But Russia would not have won on its own, any more than we would have won alone.”
If we hadn’t invaded, how long after we dropped the atomic bombs on Japan would it have taken Germany to surrender? Do you think we would have had to drop one or two in Germany?