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To: SauronOfMordor

‘‘We won in WW2 because we were fighting on the same side as the USSR, and thus did not have our Communists at home sabotaging our efforts.”

I hate to argue the narrative that the USA won world war 2, but the Russians really won the war. They had the most casualties (20,000,000 versus 500,000). The US was simply put in a position to not be defeated because we got in the war late. DDay might have been a different story if hitler didn’t have troops in the east.. What is also interesting is that the USA did give the Russians food and equipment while they gave up lives.


38 posted on 05/25/2021 11:18:23 PM PDT by Psycho_Runner (Have a good day, unless you have other plans.)
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To: Psycho_Runner

The Russians supplied the bodies, but the US supplied the equipment and supplies. Inflation-adjusted, about $180 billion worth, without which they would have lost.

https://ru.usembassy.gov/world-war-ii-allies-u-s-lend-lease-to-the-soviet-union-1941-1945/

Including

400,000 jeeps & trucks
14,000 airplanes
8,000 tractors
13,000 tanks
1.5 million blankets
15 million pairs of army boots
107,000 tons of cotton
2.7 million tons of petrol products
4.5 million tons of food


39 posted on 05/26/2021 4:10:37 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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