Gickies Gageeze
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world war 2...
it would appear in most of the books that ive read that the united states of america won world war 2. or, rather they will say the allies won.
ofcourse, theres no denying that.
what i have a problem with, is after reading as much as i have on the topic, it would appear as though it was the ussr who truly "won" the war.
they had begged for a second front to open up since 42, and though the allies to their credit tried (see dieppe), they didn't appear on the scene until the war had already been decided.
in fact some have said the only reason the states and britain started a second front so late in the war was to stop the spread of communism in western europe. i dont agree with that, but its a theory nonetheless.
please, this is DEFINATELY not a thread diminishing the fine efforts of america, canada, the uk and many others. there were thousands who committed their lives to get rid of the worst evil mankind has probably ever seen.
but i must say i find it odd how so much of the literature i read is so quick to point out how the americans and british were so victorious...only to find out about the soviet involvement later on.
20 million soviets were killed in the war. they were invaded, they fought back fiercely and changed the tide.
i honestly believe it was because of the soviets that the war was won, because had the germans successfully invaded russia and utilized all her resources and people (for slaves), the rest of the world would have been in serious, very very serious trouble.
again, this topic refers to the general literature ive read on the matter.
thoughts?
it would appear in most of the books that ive read that the united states of america won world war 2. or, rather they will say the allies won.
ofcourse, theres no denying that.
what i have a problem with, is after reading as much as i have on the topic, it would appear as though it was the ussr who truly "won" the war.
they had begged for a second front to open up since 42, and though the allies to their credit tried (see dieppe), they didn't appear on the scene until the war had already been decided.
in fact some have said the only reason the states and britain started a second front so late in the war was to stop the spread of communism in western europe. i dont agree with that, but its a theory nonetheless.
please, this is DEFINATELY not a thread diminishing the fine efforts of america, canada, the uk and many others. there were thousands who committed their lives to get rid of the worst evil mankind has probably ever seen.
but i must say i find it odd how so much of the literature i read is so quick to point out how the americans and british were so victorious...only to find out about the soviet involvement later on.
20 million soviets were killed in the war. they were invaded, they fought back fiercely and changed the tide.
i honestly believe it was because of the soviets that the war was won, because had the germans successfully invaded russia and utilized all her resources and people (for slaves), the rest of the world would have been in serious, very very serious trouble.
again, this topic refers to the general literature ive read on the matter.
thoughts?