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Originally Posted by RPKESQ
We could have. We did stay home for years in WW II (1939 to effectively 1942).
The French suffered and died right along side the Americans helping to liberate France. The point is, The Russians made it a HELL of a lot easier for us. And painting the entire European Theater as "America saving Europe" again is an insult to the rest of the Allies who fought and suffered too.
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I disagree............
Where were the Russians from 39 to mid 41???? In a pact with Germany so they could take Poland!
The Finns kicked Russia's butt. Russia was probably the least talented military in WWII man for man. They simply had so many men that were of no value as human beings to their government that the Stalin just threw them at real armies in hopes that the real armies would get tired of killing them or run out of ammo to kill any more. If you read Bidermanns “In Deadly Combat”, he writes how the commissars kept sending people into his pak gun and supporting MG 42 that they were piling up and he became so sick of killing Russian after Russian wondering how their officers could keep sending them until they ran out of men to get killed.
No way Russia could have defeated Germany without the US and England's involvement and assistance.