And again, you only helped to speed up the final victory.
Pfft, the USSR only became an effective offensive fighting machine after US supplies, money and food came through, American Spam was a deciding a factor according to 4 time Hero of the Soviet Union Field Marshall Zuhkov.
I seriously doubt the war would have been won without American power in forms of military and economy. Hell, we made so many propaganda films like Mrs Miniver trying to convince them.
we was turning things around with victories in Africa
The final victory was won becuase of a British Offensive in the East and the American/British Offensive from the West, surrounding Rommel.
Americans fought the front and UK went behind enemyline for intel (S.A.S. was born).
The American and Commonwealth forces had shared responsibilities for front line fighting in North Africa, Normandy, Italy and Germany. The SAS were created in North Africa originally to blow up enemy planes and supplies with explosives, gun battles or co-ordinates for the RAF.
It just took the Japs to bomb you with your pants down to make you realize, you should be fighting in the war. Not pretending its a Europe war but an World War.
Why should America have gotten involved with another War that mainly started in Europe (116,000 Americans died in WW1) to stop Nazism was not a big enough excuse for the American public who didn't want to see America fight someone else's war and have its sons, fathers and brothers killed in foreign lands whose people (Germany and Japan) had not threatened them.
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smifta
15 years ago
"The USSR only became an effective offensive fighting machine after US supplies, money and food came through"
Biggest loads of sh!t, I have heard. Russia was isolated, they was alone fighting by theyselves as both Britain and America kept them in the dark and fed them not accurate information because Roosevelt (however you spell the damn name) did not trust Stalin.
"The final victory was won becuase of a British Offensive in the East and the American/British Offensive from the West, surrounding Rommel"
Yes and like I said, American soldiers was in Africa for experience. Like Sir Alex Ferguson plays a inexperience young team against team he knows he should win. The battle in Africa was won.
"The SAS were created in North Africa originally to blow up enemy planes and supplies with explosives, gun battles or co-ordinates for the RAF"
Like I said, you just proved my point and was it the British that capture the Enigma machine? A VITAL code-breaking intel for not only for the Africa victory but for the whole war.
"Why should America have gotten involved with another War that mainly started in Europe (116,000 Americans died in WW1)"
No disrespect to the Americans fallen heros in WW1 but what battle did they actually fought in because I would not know US fought in WW1. They wasn't in the major battles.
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Clyde_Donovan
15 years ago
Biggest loads of sh!t, I have heard. Russia was isolated, they was alone fighting by theyselves as both Britain and America kept them in the dark and fed them not accurate information because Roosevelt (however you spell the damn name) did not trust Stalin.
Why did Zuhkov say what he said, why were the Germans using horses to pull out of Russia and Russians using thousands of American trucks to advance, recieved $200 billion in today's money from the USA, about 4,000 Sherman tanks. Germany didn't keep a large Garrison force and army in France and Italy to keep thepublic in order he was worried about Allied attacks, if America or Britain weren't invovled in the war alot more troops would have been sent to the Russia Front.
Numerous dangerous convoys got to Russia via the Baltic
The Americans also caputed their own engima machine because codes change.
I hate this "America turned up late" sh!te
The most vocal opponents against American intervention were veterans of WW1, Vietnam War, Iraq War generally some of the most vocal opponents are veterans of those wars or previous wars.
Can't blame them for not wanting to send their children to die on the murderous battlefields of Europe.
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mickmaxy
10 years ago
Can't blame them for not wanting to send their children to die on the murderous battlefields of Europe.
That's right, they were too busy sending them to murder and be murdered in Latin America, SE Asia and the Middle East.
I hate this "America turned up late" sh!te
Get there on time for the next one then.
Fact is, most of Europe would be speaking German still if it weren't for all the U's ; USA USSR and the UK so everyone put your e-peens back in your holsters and agree it was a team effort. Go Team!
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