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What do you mean? Germany was defeated predominatlely by the U.S., Russia, and Brittain. After that, they were in economic and politica ruins as we divided them up.
I suspect the question meant which ally made the largest contribution. That would be the Soviets who inflicted much more damage on the German armed forces and engaged much larger German forces over a much longer period of time.
Obviously Great Britain and the US also inflicted crippling blows to the Nazis, but not on the scale done by the Russians. The Soviets lost 22 million people in the process of defeating Hitler.
I suspect the question meant which ally made the largest contribution. That would be the Soviets who inflicted much more damage on the German armed forces and engaged much larger German forces over a much longer period of time.
Obviously Great Britain and the US also inflicted crippling blows to the Nazis, but not on the scale done by the Russians. The Soviets lost 22 million people in the process of defeating Hitler.
It was all three. Russia would have fallen if Germany was not distracted by Brittain and The States. It is also likely that Russia would have been crippled without US supplies and the lend lease program.
Basically, Hitler ensured his own downfall by engaging in a two front war.
7 of 10 German soldiers died fighting the Red Army in Russia. Stalin had almost unlimited manpower, press ganging entire populations, many of them tough Asians from Siberia, into the maelstrom. It was Lend Lease that gave the Soviets an ability to withstand the technical superiority of the Nazi's, as well as the devastating material losses in the first 6 months of Barbarossa.
The U.S. role was much smaller, and Britain's even smaller still. The great contributions of the 8th Air Force cannot be underestimated, nor can opening up a new front after June of 1944 be dismissed.
But it was the Soviets who were most responsible for the German defeat.
7 of 10 German soldiers died fighting the Red Army in Russia. Stalin had almost unlimited manpower, press ganging entire populations, many of them tough Asians from Siberia, into the maelstrom. It was Lend Lease that gave the Soviets an ability to withstand the technical superiority of the Nazi's, as well as the devastating material losses in the first 6 months of Barbarossa.
The U.S. role was much smaller, and Britain's even smaller still. The great contributions of the 8th Air Force cannot be underestimated, nor can opening up a new front after June of 1944 be dismissed.
But it was the Soviets who were most responsible for the German defeat.
It was a communist alliance that defeated Hitler. The alliance consisted mostly of the United States, Great Britain, and Russia. And all parties of the alliance are Socialist / Communist now, no matter how they might try to say otherwise.
And all parties of the alliance are Socialist / Communist now, no matter how they might try to say otherwise.
Be that as it may, the Dutch Liberation day was initially celebrated at 2 different dates; 1 date for the Dutch communists and another for the Dutch royalists, even though both worked together in the Dutch resistance.
It took a few decennia for both parties to come together and acknowledge the 5th of May as the official day of Liberation from the Nazis.
It was a communist alliance that defeated Hitler. The alliance consisted mostly of the United States, Great Britain, and Russia. And all parties of the alliance are Socialist / Communist now, no matter how they might try to say otherwise.
You're a real screwball, aincha? You wouldn't know a real Socialist if one bit you on the ass. Much less a Communist.
But I take great joy in your anxiety and confusion.
While the Soviets contributed more soldiers and both killed more and died more, they would have lost if not for us on the Western front. Of course, if Hitler had been smart enough not to open up an Eastern front Great Britain and the U.S. might have been lost also. However, in a long enough war, either the Soviets or the Americans had the strength to defeat the Nazis head on. But by the time this could have happened the Western Hemisphere might have have been the only free place on earth.
Also, to those that say Russia was more influential in winning WWII (i do know this thread is about Germany) the U.S. almost handled the Japanese alone.
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Be that as it may, the Dutch Liberation day was initially celebrated at 2 different dates; 1 date for the Dutch communists and another for the Dutch royalists, even though both worked together in the Dutch resistance.
