They also forget the pounding the Krauts got from day and night bombing. That helped them out a lot. And if the Krauts didn’t have to fight the allies on the West they might have crushed Russia.
Right. Imagine all of those 88MM flak guns on the Western Front and their personnel employed in the heavy bomber anti-aircraft role employed instead as anti-tank guns on the Eastern Front.
The toll they might have taken would no doubt have significantly impeded the Red Army’s offensives.
How’d the Soviets get to Germany? They were riding in 150,000 Studebaker trucks.
I read that Russia fought 120 German divisions and we fought 80.
We were ALSO fighting another Empire!!
I am more than happy with lend-lease if it saved American lives.
We would have won either way but taken quite a number more casualties, likely.
After defeating the Germans,we should have kicked the Russians back to their border with German help.