I’ll make the case that the Polish Pilots during the Battle of Britain actually did more to save Britain....When America entered the war, Britain was “saved”, although together we helped defeat Nazi Germany, but by 1941 the threat of German invasion was pretty much gone, as the Germans got bogged down in Russia.
Exactly.
Britain couldnt have won the war without America and Canada (who were actually our biggest supplier of arms and material). And the Commonwealth and Empire. Without the US-Canadian armies, we couldnt have solely taken on and defeated the Nazis and Italians, Vichy French and the Japs. Also of course the huge USSR contribution which kept 75% of all Germans away from the West....
America couldnt have won the war without the British. Without our (then still) huge resources, manpower and material and those of Canada, India, NZ, SA, Australia.
American troops would never have landed in Europe or N Africa without the Royal Navy. And the RAF.
In fact without the predominately British-Canadian victory in the Battle of the Atlantic, US troops would never have crossed the sea....
And where would America have been without the British nuclear secrets OR the British codebreakers?. Or the many British technological breakthroughs (Colossus, Bailey Bridge, PLUTO, the Mulberry Harbours etc etc)?......
So the idea that America saved us is pure fiction. And insulting.
And in ww1, half of all US troops carried across the Atlantic were carried by the Royal Navy. And ALL US troops taken from England to France were carried by the RN.
And the AEF in 1917-18 relied entirely on British and French tanks, airplanes and artillery pieces.
And all US combat training in France was given by British and French officers and trainers.