“You’re probably half correct. AND WITHOUT THEM we would’ve lost.”
They must have LSD in the Moscow water supply. There was absolutely, positively no chance for the Axis to defeat the USA. Maybe achieve a stalemate until the Manhattan Project pays off. If we kept the political will we would have defeated them alone.
Yep. There's always an excuse. Political will kept us for "beating there asses."
Now, that has sure happened a lot in the last 60 years 'cause we made a mess of every war we started -- including losing in the end.