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Originally Posted by Rochard
Someone correct me if I am wrong..... If it wasn't for the Russians, the Dutch would be speaking German right now. The Russians are the ones who defeated the Nazis. Oh, other countries did their part, but if it wasn't for the Russians we would all be speaking German now. Or Japanese.
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That's not really true.. WW2 was a fight on many fronts. Example Russia was 100% beat right up until Hitler pulled the luftwaffe out of Russia to fight in Africa.
Why did Hitler do this? Because British, Australian and US troops were attacking German oil supply lines in Africa. Hitler had no choice but to move troops out of Russia to defend his oil access. Thus gave Russia breathing room to fight back.
Meaning you can argue that the US, Brits and Australians saved Russia's ass.
Prior to the luftwaffe being pulled out Hitler had complete dominance over Russia airspace. Germans were bombing Russia back to the stone age.
Had that bombing continued Moscow would have fallen and Russia would have been defeated.
Not to mention the US sent shitloads of weapons to Russians under lendlease. Every country played a important role and with out 1 or the other the war could have been much different.