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Originally Posted by ylwjacket
Oh, so the Russians ended WWII. What was I thinking. The US, I suppose, had nothing to do with it. About as big a role as Canada did, I guess.
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The US role was huge in the Asian war, not as much in the European war. Just take a look at the number of casualties:
US Military Casualties: 407,300
Soviet Military Casualties: 10,700,000
(and half of the US casualties were in the Asian war)
The numbers tell the story here. Most of the German forces and most if their military power was on the Eastern front fighting the Russians.
While obviously the US/British invasion from the West was not an "easy" invasion due to the fact that the German military was superior to ours (in terms of technology and hardware), it was a cakewalk compared to the battle that went on in the East.
Overall there were 20+ times as many casualties (both sides included) in the war on the Eastern front than there were in the war on the Western front.