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Explanation

The losses of Germany on the eastern front are widely believed to be the most significant factor in defeating Nazi Germany and the USSR won the battle of Berlin, the final battle before the German capitulation. Thus Europe widely believed (for a good reason) that the USSR was the main contributor in defeating Germany. With the cold war the perception of the USSR became a lot worse in western countries like France and with increasing anti-USSR sentiment the view flipped to viewing the USA as the deciding factor. The USSR (and the Russian Federation today, even if its government is very anti USSR) viewed itself as the most important force in defeating Germany, especially because the USSR had the biggest amount of deaths. It is worth noting that the USSR was at least commercially allied with Nazi Germany until June 22, 1941 and there was an agreement between the nations on which parts of Europe each could invade and which where reserved for the other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union_in_World_War_II

        • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 months ago

          sure thing buddy, the sovs did it all themselves lol.

          https://www.jrbooksonline.com/fdr-scandal-page/lend.html

          there’s dozens and dozens and dozens of line-items on that list that number in the MANY MILLIONS

          now think for a moment: did it get there via UPS? FEDEX?

          no it went via murmansk through throngs of fuckin’ german subs.

          such a silly, stupid argument to articulate - they would have died without the US’s support. Period. Russia would not have survived. there’s no win there, leningrad falls and moscow burns.

          fuck man, the ally that sends you the 3,400 LATHES so you can build the fucking tanks deserves SOME recognition lol

          hey and another thing: if stalin hadn’t been a ribbentrop treaty signing idiot, he wouldn’t have put the soviets in such a bad position they needed that kind of hail mary rescue effort huh?

          pfft