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Canada.
Canada.
The US. Our ability to produce massive amounts of material out of the reach of the Axis or Japanese bombers would have won the war eventually even with out the Soviets..
Canada.
I wanted to vote France.
Or Greece.
You've been watching "The Devil's Brigade" again?
Actually Greece is a pretty good pick. They wouldn't knock off the U.S., but their contribution is incredibly under-appreciated. It's quite possible we would have lost the USSR without them.
Or Greece.
If the British sued for peace after Dunkirk, and especially if the Wehrmacht had successfully invaded Britain, there would have been a complete German victory in Europe. It's possible that the Royal Navy fleet could have fallen into German hands in the event of a British capitulation and could then have been used against the U.S Navy. It's very unlikely that the U.S would have been able to launch an amphibious invasion of continental Europe without Britain as a staging point.
Instead of being tied down in North Africa, hundreds of thousands of additional Axis troops could have been deployed to Russia in 1941, most likely resulting in a Soviet defeat. Hitler was also forced to delay Operation Barbarossa because the presence of British troops in Greece threatened Germany's southeastern flank. Hitler had intended to launch the invasion of the Soviet Union months before June of 1941, but the Greek campaign forced him to postpone it. This meant, of course, that the Wehrmacht was forced to face the brutal Soviet winter.
British scientists were also crucial in the development of the atomic bomb and in breaking German codes. This is often ignored by those who think the U.S won the war single-handed. It's also wishful thinking that the U.S could have brought Germany to its knees with long-ranch bombing. Without the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe would have been significantly stronger and able to fend off American bombers.
---------------Kind of a loaded question, because every Ally was crucial in winning the war. Theoretically, for the purpose of discussion, I'd have to go with Russia (there was no USSR during WW2), because if Germany hadn't backstabbed Stalin, and Russia hadn't tied up German troops, we very well might have lost. We most certainly would have lost if Russia had joined the Axis.
Nope. It was either Canada or Romania.
Kind of a loaded question, because every Ally was crucial in winning the war. Theoretically, for the purpose of discussion, I'd have to go with Russia (there was no USSR during WW2), because if Germany hadn't backstabbed Stalin, and Russia hadn't tied up German troops, we very well might have lost. We most certainly would have lost if Russia had joined the Axis.
how diana ?
Because she confuses the Warsaw pact with the Soviet Union. Also whoever said the U.S was alone in fighting both Japan and Germany is forgetting Britain. Lastly the Soviet Union was responsible for 2 thirds of German causalities so by definition....
Started right after WW2, IIRC, as the Allies were dividing the spoils of war, and Russia was claiming its share of Eastern bloc countries. That's simplistic, but basically correct, I believe, for what we consider the "modern" and expansive USSR.
Another thing I just noticed. England wasn't one of the Allies, the United Kingdom was. England ≠ UK.
In their defense QI revelation about "The History of England" - YouTube