Does any body know the reasons that made U.S win World War II?

Answer 1

Having an ally capable of defeating Germany single-handedly (if they had needed to) in The Soviet Union. The decisive land battle in the European war was the battle of Moscow, and the Soviet Union won it before Pearl Harbor, and long before there was a second front. The US contribution to the war against Germany was important, but it was the Soviet Union who played the major role. Most people in the west don't believe this because the Eastern Front is ignored, or at least massively downplayed, in most western history, but it's still true. 3/4 of German military casualtues in WWII were inflicted by the Red Army, and even after D-Day, the Germans always had at least 2/3 of their army in the east.

Answer 2

Heroism, pure and simple. Both the Japanese and the Germans had superior technology through most of the war. The Allies made due with what they had and made some pretty gutsy moves. If you want a good example of this look up the battle between the Japense center force and Taffy 3. There is no way in hell that the Taffy 3 force should have held off against far superior numbers and firepower, but they did and made a huge difference in the war. If it wasn't for the heroism of this naval group the war may have ended quite differently. This is just one example of great heroism. Uncommon valor was quite common during that war.

Answer 3

As others have said, it was a combined effort by the Allies. Russia played a larger part in winning the war then the US. Everyone acknowledges and appreciates the sacrifices and efforts of the US in WW2 but the fact that this respect doesn't appear to be mutual gets a lot of people offside. Try reading some books or websites from outside the US and you might learn a bit.

Answer 4

Several. 1) FDR & Congress prepared the nation for war by starting building the armed forces in 1940. 2) American commanders used thier heads and a-listened to the British regarding how to retake Europe, and b-figured out how to whack Japan with minimal losses to themselves (island hopping) 3) The Russians had the Germans tied up in knots. Millions of Germans died on the Russian front. 4) The U.S. produced copious quantities of everything necessary to fight a war. The Germans couldn't sink ships or shoot down airplanes or destroy tanks faster than the U.S. could make them. The Germans really had the best army in the world; they simply bit off more than they could chew, adn the Japanese gambled that the U.S. couldn't them off from the natural resources they needed to keep their war machine going... and lost. Let's get real folks, World War II was won by Russia and the U.S. Russia did the bulk of the work against Germany, and the U.S. took care of Japan all by their lonesomes. Churchill had the right strategy for retaking Europe, but the main British contribution was the sweeping of German and Italian troops out of North Africa. Sure, the Brits landed at Normandy... beside Americans, while Americans swept up the Italian boot and landed in southern France. After Normandy, the main British contribution was Operation Market Garden - the failed liberation of Holland, which delayed the "Allied" foray into Germany. Thanks, fellas! The last truly successful British campaign was versus the Boers...

Answer 5

My apologies the Canadians and Brits for the question. The questioner does not know that the war began in Sept 39 and the U.S. did not enter until Dec 41. I suspect the question was more related to the Pacific where the action was hugely U.S. plus Aussies and New Zealanders, whereas in Europe it was an Allies victory. Besides the Commonwealth Nations (including Australia and New Zealand and India there were other countries that took part. Poland had pilots and ground troops involved. To a lesser degree other nations took part.

Answer 6

The Allied Powers won WWII and the United States was apart of the Allied Powers. On the Pacific side, the US used the Atomic Bombs that were dropped on Japan.

Answer 7

Lucky Strikes, Betty Grable, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, and clean underwear. Well - 4 out of 5 ain't bad.

Answer 8

The US did not win the war by themselves. They had a lot of help from allies. They did contribute a lot of soldiers but you have to factor in the massive amount of materials they supplied.

Answer 9

The US didn't win....the Allies won. It was a group effort that required our superior production facilities, the Lend-Lease program, and the aid of the British Commonwealth Air Training Program, Canadian facilities and dollars, and some real hard fought battles that took the lives of all Allied soldiers, regardless of national origin.

I am an American who is tired of Americans taking all the credit.

What about the waste of Russian lives in an effort to wear down Germany? What about British bombing raids in Germany long before US soldiers arrived on the scene? The real credit belongs to the Canadian PM, MacKenzie King.

It was a combined effort!
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Answer 10

Okay, anyone who says it wasn't the US who won WW2 is lying out of their teeth. Yes, there were allies in Britain and Canada. Yes, they even deployed whole divisions to aid D-Day and all nations involved fought valiantly. However, it was the US who brought the necessary resources and financial backing to actually win the war. Britain was already in a phase of appeasement with Germany prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Russia was in no condition to route the Germans yet (even if Hitler never launched an invasion, it's doubtful Stalin would have been capable of it, not after the massive purges and pogroms committed to the Red Army in previous years), and even formally neutral countries such as Switzerland and Spain were already hosting German military units. They were occupied in everything but name.

The US brought the necessary industrial capacity and financial backing to secure Britain and use it as a bridge to strangle Nazi Germany after Pearl Harbor. In the Pacific, the British played second fiddle to operations going on in that theater (truth be told, Australia was far more dutiful in aiding the US there). Take a few college level history classes and you'll fastly realize the atomic bombing of Japan was pointless. They were already on the ropes and it was Truman, being the vast simpleton that he was, figured the bombs would truly show the phallus of American superiority. Yes, it put an end to the war fast, but it's been shown there were elements in the Japanese parliament who would have sued for peace if given the chance.