[PIF]

they became crucial to the Soviets winning their portion of the war against Germany.

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Good Grief man, do you have any idea what the Russians did? They were the largest part of the war - and would have overrun Germany without the allied ground forces or D-Day. Did you ever read about the Battle of Kursk where hundreds of thousands of Russians died in that single battle? 26,400,000 Russian died in combat with the Germans. Their part - gees!

[dfwgator]

Yes, but the Russians were more than happy to sit idly by, while their “ally” Hitler was invading France and bombing Britain.

[fr_freak]

Good Grief man, do you have any idea what the Russians did? They were the largest part of the war - and would have overrun Germany without the allied ground forces or D-Day.

Without the Allies, Russia would have lost. The US was supporting them with material goods and the war on the Western Front kept Hitler from being able to devote all his efforts to wiping out the Russians.