We gave them a lot of equipment. In terms of significance, the weapons, -especially the tanks- we gave them were less important than the raw materials. The US helped feed the Soviet Union; I was in Russia in 2004 and met some people who still have very fond memories of Spam. The US also provided huge numbers of trucks to the Red Army, which aided greatly in their ability to supply their army on sustained offensives from '43 on. Basically the help we gave to the Soviet Union allowed them to concentrate on building T-34's and IL-2's which were the key war winning weapons.
2007-01-19 06:56:31
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answered by Captain Hammer 6
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The Soviets were helped by the British and the Americans. Britian diverted a lot of resources to send material to the Soviet Union after the invasion in June 1941 before the US extented the Lend Lease program to the Soviets in October 1941. These Arctic Covoys left Loch Ewe in Scotland or the US and went up and following the coastline of Norway to the Arctic ports at Archangel and Murmansk. The vast majority of the materials were delivered by the Merchant Fleets which suffered horrendous losses, as did the Naval ships accompayning them.
It has been estimated that British and American contributed about 18% of Soviet war production from 1941-5 from trucks to tins of spam. The Soviet governmemt of course failed to acknowledge this so as not to lose face and the general population was unaware of the sacrifices being made for them to continue fighting. It was also not unknown for the convoys having fought through weeks of freezing weather and intense fighting to be refused docking at the Soviet ports. It was only recently that some acknowledgement was made to the sacrifices made during the Arctic convoys by the Russian Governemnt in the unvieling of a memorial in 1999 at Archangel and Murmansk
2007-01-19 15:37:43
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answered by phillip_bournemouth 2
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Not much. With the Japanese controlling the Pacific and the Nazis all over Europe, supply line between the US and USSR were virtually nonexistent.
2007-01-19 12:55:29
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answered by Anonymous
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The Lend Lease Act applied to all of our allies, including the USSR. We gave them close to 2,000 locomotives (most of their supplies were moved by train), Dodge and Studebaker trucks, and telephone cable, aluminium, and canned rations.
2007-01-19 12:40:34
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answered by scotteh8 2
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the ussr was pretty much on their own because th US was tied up helping britian and france and in the pacific
2007-01-19 12:25:53
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answered by mymousewillnoteat 2
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WE FOUGHT ON THE SAME SIDE IN WW2.
2007-01-19 12:36:04
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answered by smitty 7
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