the average American thinks their country defeated Hitler. but if a single one gets the most credit, it has to be the Soviet Union.
According to war correspondent Eric Margolis, a ridiculous 75-80 percent of all Axis casualties during World War II were inflicted by the USSR. The Russians lost about 10 million soldiers, with another 15 million wounded and a further 17 million civilian deaths. The U.S. lost 400,000 troops during the war, about 139,000 of them in Europe.
Historians agree that Germany's defeat at Stalingrad was the turning point of the European war. And it was fighting the Soviets on the eastern front that broke the German military. It even destroyed the famed Luftwaffe. Because of this, by the time D-Day rolled around, Germany was bleeding out. The Allies would probably not have been able to succeed in Normandy if the Soviets hadn't already done so much. Then, after taking Berlin in 1945, the USSR turned around and crushed Japan's largest army in 11 days.
It was fully accepted at the time that Stalin saved everyone's butts. Both FDR and Churchill "lavished praise and thanks on the Soviet Union" for its "gigantic effort" in defeating Hitler. It was only with the onset of the Cold War that people stopped giving them credit.
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According to war correspondent Eric Margolis, a ridiculous 75-80 percent of all Axis casualties during World War II were inflicted by the USSR. The Russians lost about 10 million soldiers, with another 15 million wounded and a further 17 million civilian deaths. The U.S. lost 400,000 troops during the war, about 139,000 of them in Europe.
Historians agree that Germany's defeat at Stalingrad was the turning point of the European war. And it was fighting the Soviets on the eastern front that broke the German military. It even destroyed the famed Luftwaffe. Because of this, by the time D-Day rolled around, Germany was bleeding out. The Allies would probably not have been able to succeed in Normandy if the Soviets hadn't already done so much. Then, after taking Berlin in 1945, the USSR turned around and crushed Japan's largest army in 11 days.
It was fully accepted at the time that Stalin saved everyone's butts. Both FDR and Churchill "lavished praise and thanks on the Soviet Union" for its "gigantic effort" in defeating Hitler. It was only with the onset of the Cold War that people stopped giving them credit.
Read More: https://www.grunge.com/132593/false-facts-about-world-war-ii-you-always-believed/sl/if-it-werent-for-the-usa-europeans-would-be-speaking-german?utm_campaign=clip
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