Which country contributed the most to the defeat of nazi Germany?

Answer 1

Britain.

The US jumped in the war kind of late.

Answer 2

Very hard to say. Brittain, USSR, and the USA all made big contributions in different ways.
First, Brittain held Germany off so they could not take over all of Europe. If Brittain had not held out, the USA wouldn't have had a war to come into.
Second, the USSR, who began in the war as allies of Germany, when Germany turned against them that forced them into the war on our side. The provided the greatest amount of manpower, as well as their winter that froze up a lot of German troops.
Finally, the USA, who even before they joined the fight, had been providing Brittain with a lot of equipment. When they joined in with a lot of manpower and even more modern equipment, that spelt the death-knell for Nazi Germany. Which of the 3 contributed the most? Each of the three would claim the honours. I don't know if any could have done it without the other two. So all three should get the honour equally.
Now if we ask which of the countries put up the most heroic, noble fight? I would say Brittain, no question about it. They were in there from the beginning, and held on when just about all of Europe had succumbed.
Which country could have prevented the war in the first place? Any of the three, and we can add France to that list. Any one of them had stood up to Germany even a few months before the war, saying "you go no further. Our troops are here." , Germany would have stopped and the army would have mutinied and arrested Adolph. He became unstoppable from the German point of view once he got Czechoslovakia.

Answer 3

I agree that Russia did the most damage through attrition, as far as actual numbers killed, but the most psychological and morale damage was easily done by Britain and the US through invasion and firebombing.

And by the way, those who are trying to reinforce their point by stating that the Russians took Berlin... here are some facts. The Allies, primarily the US, had already bombed and shelled Berlin back to the Stone Age before the Russians got anywhere near the city. In fact, Patton's tank forces were the first to arrive at the outskirts of Berlin, but were told specifically to hold back and let the Russians enter first. It was a political move that was designed to curry some post-war favor with Stalin, and to a lesser extent perhaps, allow the Russians some well earned payback for the horrendous losses suffered on the Eastern front.

So using that point to show that somehow the Russians contributed more is erroneous.

Answer 4

The United States.

Answer 5

Russia by far. Though they helped the Germans defeat Poland they turned when Germany attacked them. The Battles of Kursk and Stalingrad drained the Germans and the two front war eventually wore them down.

Britain helped the war by withstanding the German attack while the rest of Europe capitulated.

The US supplied the majority of materials and planned the offensives that eventually ended the war.

Answer 6

That's what's interesting about history, trying to assemble enough information to answer all these "What if?" questions.

Poland really deserves an honourable mention. The Polish cryptographers who exposed the first weaknesses in the German "Enigma" cipher machine, and decided to communicate this to the British, gave Bletchley Park a huge running start on unravelling the rest of its complexities.

But I don't think we'll ever be able to answer the question "What if Hitler hadn't invaded Russia?". It looks like too close a call.

Answer 7

The fate of the second world war was decided on the Eastern Front. But like the person said above, does it matter, we won. Consider the following:

Deaths on both sides on the Eastern Front:

EASTERN FRONT:
Stalingrad: 1.8 million
Siege of Leningrad: 1.5 million
Moscow 1941-42: 700,000
Smolensk 1941: 500,000
Kiev 1941: 400,000
Vorenesh 1942: 370,000
Belarus 1941: 370,000
2nd Rzhev-Sychevka: 270,000
Caucasus 1942: 260,000
Kursk: 230,000
Lower Dnieper: 170,000
Kongsberg: 170,000
Rostov: 150,000
Budapest: 130,000
and others with less killed

Whereas on the Western Front
Battle of France 180,000
Normandy: 132,000
El Alamein: 70,000
Battle of the Bulge: 38,000

Answer 8

Germany

Answer 9

Certainly NOT the USA, which only joined the war very late. It is indicative of how uneducated Americans often are, and yet how patriotic, that they should assume that the answer is the USA.

It depends how you measure, of course, but in absolute terms (cost, manpower) unquestionably Russia, whose forces were first to occupy Berlin.

The turnabout in the war came with the disasterous German invasion of Russia (Operation Barbarossa) and the Geman defeat at Stalingrad.

Answer 10

The US, we carried the bulk of the troops and nearly all the supplies to our allies.

Though one could argue that hitler was the single most effect weapon against germany the allies had...

Answer 11

besides the us and britin, rusha wos the bigist force around that wer the ones hue tuck berlin the capital of germany