Soviets Would Have Won Wwii Without The U.s
by This article analyzes the allied victory of WWII. In the analyzes, I conclude that the Soviets would have won the war even without the entry of the U.S.
If the U.S. did not enter the war, the Soviets would still have eventually won it. It can be noticed that though the Soviets won the war, they would not have been able to without American supplies: weapons, food, tanks, planes and etc. But the fact is that the United States did not need to actually join the war for the Soviets to get these supplies. This is so because in June of 1941, FDR started to send supplies to the Soviets under the Lend-Lease Act (Davis 298). However, it is not until December of 1941 that America actually joined the war (6). This shows that the Soviets were already receiving American supplies, and therefore American entry into the war was not necessary for Soviet victory. Since the Soviets did the bulk of the fighting anyways, the war would have been won, but at a later date and with much more casualties (Mamchur). Though it can be argued the American bombing of Berlin was vital in crippling the economy and production of war supplies for the Germans, the bombing only made the Germans more bitter and through a shift in production, there was no “discernable fall-off” (Davis 305). This was the only direct aid that the Soviets received from the Americans and it proved to not really help anyways. Thus, the Soviets could have won the war without the entry of the Americans.
The one thing that America’s entry into the war provided that helped was the fact that the Nazi’s now had to divide their troops between two fronts. For example, though the American airstrike did not physically affect the Germans greatly, it did aid the Soviets indirectly because it pulled the “Luftwaffe from the Eastern Front to the defense of the German homeland, clearing the skies for the Red Air Force” (Bonfante). Also, the attack at Normandy forced Germans to reinforce the western front and redirect some troops and supplies. However, even with this, “80% of the German Army” was still on the eastern front and it therefore shows that the forced spread of the Nazi’s resources was not the reason why the Soviets won, but rather why the Soviets won more easily (Bonfante). Therefore, the Soviets would still have won the war without American entry.
Along with the sources that we received in class, I used two additional online sources:
Bonfante, Jordan. “Remembering a Red Flag Day.” Time World. 23 May 2008. Time. 21 Dec. 2008 .
Mamchur, Yuri. “D-Day: A Red Flag Day.” Russia Blog. 7 June 2008. Discovery Institute. 20 Dec. 2008 .
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Post Commentseneil
On September 12, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Amazing critical analysis man.
Stapler
On January 23, 2010 at 8:24 am
I agree completely with this analysis. I get depressed when people say the USA single-handedly won the war. But I have a question, how would the Soviets have handled the Japanese after the surrender of Nazi Germany if the USA wasn’t involved?
Gerald brian e muntuerto
On August 29, 2010 at 10:09 am
the russians wont win on 1 on 1 with the germans because the germans are 3 decades more advanced plus nazi tanks are twice the power if your equivalent. take this if naziz go toe to toe with the Russians the russians stand no chance because the nazis are more advanced and more powerful at all terms even though you outnumber us 20 to 1 the konigstiger alone can pwn 2 of any russian tank at ww2 and the panzer 8 requires air support or artillery to be destroyed and can crush tanks like toys the e-100 can crush russian taks like toys and the landkreuzer ratte can obliterate everything these tanks didnt work because of lack of time but if it were a 1 on 1 battle all of these would be built just remember that in your calculation your not adding every factor you forgot nazi experimental weapons new nazi tanks and if it werent for the adding of 3 fronts the concentrated german army will crush the russians
Gerald brian e muntuerto
On August 29, 2010 at 10:11 am
sorry sometimes i used the word you instead of the russians
Brian
On September 17, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Stapler has an excellent point. If the US was not fighting japan in the pacific it could have been the Soviets fighting a war on two fronts, not Germany. I don’t think that would have worked out well for Russia.