I love destroying ignorance. The war in the east was one of mobility and maneuver over vast distances. Without mobility, the Red Army loses. Now, what you were ignorant of:

1. TWO THIRDS of all Red Army trucks were US made.

2. The US alone made up ALL of the 1941-42 Soviet tank losses - which were catastrophic - THREE X over. How catastrophic? The Soviets lost 58% of all of their vehicles in that first year. It was suppressed by Soviet propaganda, but the elite Guards armor that led the advance into Berlin used Shermans, and considered them more survivable than the vaunted T-34. Statistics bear this out - crew survival rate when a T-34 was hit was less than 20%. Survival rates of late model Sherman crews were nearly 80%. A T-34 is danged hard to get in and out of.

3. The US shipped Russia over 15,000 aircraft, including the favorite mount of some of their top aces, the P-39/63 Airacobra.

4. The Soviets were famously incapable of refining high octane fuel for aircraft and much of the gear we shipped them. We gave them ALL of their high octane avgas during the war. Overall, we supplied them with 2.7 million tons of fuel, oil, and petroleum products.

5. In the first years of the war, the USSR was only able to produce 446 locomotives and 1000 rail cars. This is how tanks, troops, and artillery were moved long distances. The US supplied them 1,900 locomotives and over 11,000 rail cars.

6. The Red Army marched in US-made boots. We supplied them 15 million pairs for their 24 million man army.

I'm not even half done, but your cloud of ignorance should be burned away now. The Soviets didn't win jack without us. They would not have survived the war as a nation. US industry won WWII, period.

This post was edited on 7/21/23 at 9:27 pm