Ask them if they've ever heard of lend-lease...I know some east europeans and they believe that American involvement in world war 2 wasnt key to defeating the nazis. They strongly believe that the Nazis failure to defeat the soviets on the eastern front was key to the nazis losing the war. My personal believe is that they're both right in their own way, although I know the modern post cold war view of the war is more appreciative of the soviet people's sacrifice. I know it's a difficult question with alot of factors involved.
I would be interested to know your take on it?
Looking back at it; we should have let germany destroy the USSR than join.
I kid I kid..
Yes. It’s only Weirdos and Russians that try to say otherwise today. I’m not sure why it’s a point of pride that they vastly outdied everyone else
Long term once the Russians got involves Germany was fucked. To many front from them to fight on, and the Russian war machine was no joke. However, the Russian Navy was a joke, and would have gotten BTFO by the Japanese navy. And honestly, outside of the US nobody was taking them on without a lot of remarkably dumb luck. The US really only did it through some luck and sheer numbers.Something that needs to be said is the US only stopped the Nazis because Hitler declared war on them because he decided for once in his life he was going to keep a promise(the ultimate irony). They did not do so out of the goodness of their heart and had no plans to do so if Hitler had not had a brain fart.
If not for said brain fart the Third Reich would probably still exist even if Operation Barbarossa failed. For all my love of the Red Army I do not believe they could have unilateraly liberated Europe. I think their advance would have stalled out in Eastern Europe somewhere.
Long term once the Russians got involves Germany was fucked. To many front from them to fight on, and the Russian war machine was no joke. However, the Russian Navy was a joke, and would have gotten BTFO by the Japanese navy. And honestly, outside of the US nobody was taking them on without a lot of remarkably dumb luck. The US really only did it through some luck and sheer numbers.
Just ask yourself what American involvement did. It's clear.I know some east europeans and they believe that American involvement in world war 2 wasnt key to defeating the nazis. They strongly believe that the Nazis failure to defeat the soviets on the eastern front was key to the nazis losing the war. My personal believe is that they're both right in their own way, although I know the modern post cold war view of the war is more appreciative of the soviet people's sacrifice. I know it's a difficult question with alot of factors involved.
I would be interested to know your take on it?